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Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance board adds 2 members

MIDDLETOWN – The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance, a defense industry consortium, added two new members to its board of directors. Former Federal Emergency...
R.I. LARGE SCALE: Matthew Morrissey, head of Northeast markets for Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind Power, stands in the company’s office in Providence in March 2020. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

State is banking on power boost

ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT Change usually happens slowly, especially when government gets involved. But in the last five years, the nascent renewable energy sector has exploded in the United...
ALL OF RHODE ISLAND as well as Massachusetts and Connecticut are under a Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service, which expects 10-15 inches of snow to fall on the region, with localized accumulation of up to 18 inches. / COURTESY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

Latest nor’easter set to dump 10-15 inches of snow on R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Mother Nature is targeting New England, once again. For the third time in less than two weeks, a significant nor’easter is expected to...
STORM SURGE: By 2065, a 100-year storm surge would damage approximately 13,736 homes in Warwick, Barrington, Narragansett, South Kingstown and North Kingstown, representing more than half of all homes in Rhode Island’s 21 coastal communities, according to the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council. / COURTESY R.I. COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

The CRMC says parts of coastal R.I. could soon be underwater...

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island’s vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local communities...
THE R.I. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY HAS CHOSEN FIRSTNET – the First Responder Network Authority, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce – to provide a wireless broadband communications network for Rhode Island's public safety personnel.

State to join FirstNet national emergency communication network

CRANSTON — The R.I. Emergency Management Agency announced that the state will accept the plan from First Responder Network Authority and AT&T to provide...
THE R.I. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY has earned accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program.

R.I. Emergency Management Agency earns accreditation

CRANSTON – The R.I. Emergency Management Agency was awarded national accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program, joining 35 other states in the nation,...
THE RHODE ISLAND Emergency Management Agency has developed a playbook for maintaining power at critical health care facilities in times of disaster.

RIEMA unveils emergency power preservation plan for critical health care facilities

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency’s playbook to safeguard electricity supplies for critical health care facilities during disasters, “Protecting Patients When Disaster Strikes,”...
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