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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE will move its semester-end online-learning schedule up a week due to the recent surge of COVID-19 in the state. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Providence College switching to semester-end remote learning a week earlier than...

PROVIDENCE – Providence College President Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard said Thursday in an email to the campus community that it will move its semester-end...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 936 on Wednesday, after rising by 969 on Tuesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Cases of COVID-19 increase by 936, as hospitalizations climb

PROVIDENCE – As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Rhode Island, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said at the current rate, Rhode Island will “need...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY will move all final exams for the fall semester online. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant University moving final exams online

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University President Ross Gittell announced Tuesday in a letter to the community that final exams for the fall semester will be...
CASES OF COVID-19 rose by 701 on Monday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Cases of COVID-19 rise by record 701 cases, weekly hospitalizations pass...

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 increased by 701 on Monday, with four new deaths, according to the R.I. Department of Health Tuesday. The day-to-day increase...

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 1,521 over weekend, with 9 more...

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,521 from Nov. 6 through Sunday, with nine more deaths, according to the R.I....

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective

Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be a robust 90% effective at...
EXPECT A "painfully slow" recovery to the economy in Rhode Island, wrote Leonard Lardaro, an economist at the University of Rhode Island in the state's monthly Current Conditions Index report for September. / PBN FILE PHOTO MICHAEL SKORSKI

Lardaro: Expect a ‘painfully slow’ economic recovery in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE – Expect a "painfully slow" recovery to the economy in Rhode Island, wrote Leonard Lardaro, an economist at the University of Rhode Island...
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 630 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase to new daily high of 630, with...

PROVIDENCE – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island increased by 630 on Thursday, with two more deaths, the R.I. Department of...
WHEATON COLLEGE has switched to online learning until further notice after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases on campus. / COURTESY WHEATON COLLEGE

Wheaton College switches to online learning until further notice amid COVID-19...

NORTON – Wheaton College announced late Thursday that the private college will transition to remote learning until further notice due to a recent spike...
CRUCIAL CREATION: Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, medical director of community relations at Care New England Health System, says forming an independent committee to plan the state’s vaccine distribution will build trust in the process. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Slow-spending R.I. has two months to disperse $900M in CARES Act...

Rhode Island officials rejoiced when they learned in March that the state would get a $1.25 billion slice of the federal coronavirus relief package....
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