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JEFF WATTS, plant engineer at Rogers High School in Newport, examines a problem area at the school, outside the gymnasium, where water has delaminated the wall. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PBN on WJAR-TV, May 29, 2018

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
PROVIDENCE-NEWPORT ferry service resumed Friday and will run through Columbus Day weekend. / COURTESY COMMERCE RI

Providence-Newport ferry service returns

PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Newport ferry service resumed Friday, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The ferry will run through Columbus Day weekend this year....
THE R.I. SUPREME COURT has denied appeals to the state pension class action settlement made in 2015. Both appeals were in cases against Gov. Gina M. Raimondo, in her capacity as governor of Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. Supreme Court denies appeals on state pension settlement

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court denied the appeals against the state pension class action settlement made in 2015 on Friday, affirming the judgement...
PROBLEM AREA: The structural problems at Rogers High School in Newport are evident in the water-infiltration damage, which has affected both the interior and exterior of the building, which was completed in 1958. Jeff Watts, the school’s plant engineer, looks at one of the affected areas outside. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Paying for badly needed school upgrades now will limit future borrowing....

Trinity Briceno, a senior at Cranston East High School, didn’t attend school between December and April. She was hospitalized in November after students and teachers...
MANY ROLES: Tuni Schartner, owner of TS Consulting, chief marketing officer of The Mill at Lafayette and director of The Hive co-working space, still finds time with her dog Homer. / PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Economic gardener’ Schartner an R.I. small-business booster

Honoree | Tuni Schartner, TS Consulting/TRS Strategies Tuni Schartner is an energetic facilitator and unapologetic cheerleader in growing the state’s economy, especially in southern Rhode...
THE NEED IS GREAT: The auditorium in Classical High School in Providence shows significant wear and tear.   / PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

Taking on debt for schools a good idea only if R.I....

According to a 2016 study, more than 100 debt-issuing entities in the state accounted for a total of more than $10.5 billion in debt...
DEEPWATER WIND was selected by Rhode Island to build a 400 megawatt wind farm based on the company's response to a Massachusetts RFP. Massachusetts selected Vineyard Wind for an 800 megawatt project. / COURTESY DEEPWATER WIND

R.I. selects Deepwater for 400 MW wind farm

PROVIDENCE – Deepwater Wind LLC has been selected by Rhode Island to build a 400-megawatt offshore wind farm called the Revolution Wind project, which...
ALL 25 Qualified Opportunity Zones nominated by Rhode Island to the U.S. Department of Treasury and the IRS were approved. / COURTESY R.I. COMMERCE CORP.

All 25 R.I. ‘Qualified Opportunity Zones’ approved by feds

PROVIDENCE – All 25 areas that Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and the R.I. Commerce Corp. submitted for designation as “Qualified Opportunity Zones” were approved...

Sixteen applicants are vying for shares of $20M Rhode Island hopes...

Is the future of Rhode Island employment in microgreens? Or is it in super-fast, quantum computers, innovative new materials or promising cancer treatments? How does...
THREE RHODE ISLAND FARMS received a combined $54,000 in grants from the R.I. DEM's Rhode Island Farm Energy Program to support solar and energy efficiency projects.

DEM awards 3 R.I. farms grants for energy efficiency

PROVIDENCE – Three farms in Foster, Little Compton, and Smithfield will aim to decrease costs and upgrade business operations with a combined $54,000 in...
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