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The Biden administration recruits R.I., 14 states to help enforce airline...

Economic Activity 04/16/2024

The Biden administration is enlisting the help of officials in Rhode Island and 14 other states to enforce consumer-protection laws covering airline travelers, a...

TEST FLIGHT: Erin Linebarger flies a prototype robotic drone in Newport. The drone was developed by Robotics 88 Inc., the company she co-founded with Tyler Lane to assist with prescribed fire planning, which involves controlled burns to remove dead and harmful vegetation to prevent the spread of wildfires and allow for new growth. PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Robotic startup blazing new trail for fire planning

Entrepreneurship 03/15/2024

When Erin Linebarger and her partner first entered the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, she was planning on developing robotics that fly just below the rainforest’s...

Groundbreaking celebrated for runway project at Quonset State Airport

Government 03/01/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The runway rebuild at Quonset State Airport is clear for takeoff. State and local officials joined the R.I. Airport Corp. Friday to...

Airport commits to building sound wall to resolve dispute with city...

Economy 01/04/2024

After months of demands from Warwick officials, the R.I. Airport Corp. has agreed to cover the $1.9 million cost to create a sound barrier...

HIGHFLIER: Kyle Phillips, owner of Flyt Imaging LLC, with one of his drones at his home in Cranston. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Former paratrooper still finds aerial thrills while staying grounded

Entrepreneurship 05/26/2023

As a young paratrooper, Kyle Phillips routinely saw the world from 1,300 feet, skydiving out of a C-130 aircraft. As a licensed commercial drone pilot,...

FAA lifts ground stop on flights following computer outage

Economic Activity 01/11/2023

NEW YORK (AP) – Thousands of flight delays and cancellations rippled across the U.S. early Wednesday after computer outage led to a grounding order...

ENHANCED OPERATION: Keila Mendez, a machine operator at AstroNova Inc., works at the company’s West Warwick facility. The company, which designs, manufactures, distributes and services data visualization technologies, hired a new director of quality and continuous improvement and implemented new safety measures that have contributed to improved operations. PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Streamlining efforts helping AstroNova to take flight again

Coronavirus 11/11/2022

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 OVERALL EXCELLENCE AT A LARGE MANUFACTURER: AstroNova Inc. AstroNova Inc. is bouncing back from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and launched several...

RIPPLE EFFECT: R.I. Airport Corp. CEO and President Iftikhar Ahmad thinks new nonstop flights in and out of Rhode Island International T.F. Green Airport to southern and West Coast destinations will help boost both leisure and business travel to Rhode Island, which will have a rippling effect for the rest of the state. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New nonstop flights have R.I. tourism leaders salivating

Focus 04/01/2022

Iftikhar Ahmad sees dollar signs in the winding security lines and crowds clumped around conveyor belts of suitcases at Rhode Island T.F. Green International...