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CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 182 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 182, with 1 more death

Coronavirus 10/08/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 182 on Wednesday, the R.I. Department of Health said Thursday. The increase would have been...

Raimondo announces committee to assess vaccine safety

Coronavirus 10/07/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday that she will be devoting "tens of millions of dollars" of Rhode Island's stimulus money to...

Raimondo: R.I. yet to see any school COVID-19 outbreaks

Coronavirus 10/07/2020

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo said Wednesday that there “haven’t been any outbreaks” in K-12 schools throughout Rhode Island. There have been 260 cases identified so far in the...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 145 on Monday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 145, with 4 more deaths

Coronavirus 10/06/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 145 on Monday, the R.I. Department of Health said Tuesday. Cases in the state have...

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND will now require mandatory testing for all students, including those living off campus and who take classes only online. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI now requiring mandatory COVID-19 testing for all students

Coronavirus 10/05/2020

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island will now require all students to be tested for COVID-19 starting on Tuesday, the university announced. URI...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 326 from Oct. 2 through Sunday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 326 over the weekend

Coronavirus 10/05/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in the state increased by 326 over the weekend, the R.I. Department of Health said Monday. Cases in the state...

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY will have all of its classes at the Providence campus, except for culinary, bakery and pastry lab classes, to online only for this week. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Johnson & Wales University moving all nonculinary lab classes online due...

Coronavirus 10/05/2020

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University announced Monday that, except for its culinary, pastry and baking lab classes, all classes on its Providence campus...

CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 133 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases rise by 133, with 1 more death

Coronavirus 10/02/2020

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 133 on Thursday, the R.I. Department of Health said Friday. Cases have totaled 25,076 to...

GIVE HIM SPACE: Student Logan Armstrong works while sitting inside a painted circle on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on the first day of fall classes in late August. The circles were intended to remind students to maintain their social distance. / THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH VIA AP FILE/JOSHUA A. BICKEL

Amid outbreaks, colleges fight to salvage semester

Coronavirus 10/02/2020

MADISON, Wis. – Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses...