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URI’s NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute granted 5-year renewal

NARRAGANSETT – A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-backed research effort will continue to operate out of the University of Rhode Island for at least the...

R.I. gets $1.5M to remove sunken barge in Providence River

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is getting $1.5 million to remove a 113-foot-long sunken barge from the Providence River and salvage...

Aquidneck Island coastal resiliency to receive $2M federal grant

NEWPORT – The Ocean State's coastal resiliency is set to receive nearly $2 million in support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The grant,...
THE AFTERMATH: An old earth-and-stone dam along Beaver River failed in December after heavy rainstorms and caused minimal damage downstream. Beavers had built their own dam on top of the existing dam. 
COURTESY TIM MOONEY

With changing climate, dams getting closer look

In December, about 2 million gallons of water from the Beaver River rushed through Richmond. A small, dilapidated dam, likely built 150 to 200 years...

U.S. News: Providence metro area 117th-best place to live in nation

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's capital city ranks No. 117 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 Best Places to Live list that released on...

Groundbreaking ceremony held for $146.8M NOAA facility in Newport

NEWPORT – State and local leaders gathered at Naval Station Newport Monday to break ground on the National Oceanographic and Atmosphere Administration's $146.8 million...
CATCHY 
CAMPAIGN:
Molly Moran-Ogren, left, chair of the R.I. Seafood Marketing Collaborative, meets with her team, Jordyn Kastlunger, fisheries marketing specialist at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and Nick Celico, Roger Williams University School of Law intern.
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MICHAEL SALERNO

PR effort raising profile of local fish on menus

More Rhode Island restaurants and fish markets are taking part in an effort to promote fresh, locally caught seafood than three years ago, according...

Most-read stories on PBN.com, Dec. 2023

1. Road, bridge contractor Cardi Corp. going out of business POSTED ONLINE: DEC. 14 Cardi Corp., a significant player in taxpayer-funded road projects across...

U.S. Navy, NOAA awards $146.8M contract for new Marine Operations Center...

NEWPORT –  The U.S. Navy, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday, announced it has awarded New York-based Skanska USA Inc....

FarSounder nets $175K NOAA grant

WARWICK – A recently awarded National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant will support FarSounder Inc.’s developing cloud-based, data-sharing technology. Using the $174,971 phase one grant...
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