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CDC: COVID-19 threat remains at ‘medium’ across R.I.

PROVIDENCE – All five Rhode Island counties remain at medium risk for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.   Providence and Kent...

Flood watch issued with snow changing to heavy rain

PROVIDENCE – A flood watch is in effect for most of the state through Thursday with snow changing to heavy rain beginning Wednesday night.  The...

CDC: All 5 R.I. counties at medium risk for COVID-19

PROVIDENCE – All five Rhode Island counties are now at medium risk for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.  Providence County...
ONLY ONE OF FIVE Rhode Island counties, Providence County, is now at high risk for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

CDC: Only 1 R.I. county high risk for COVID-19

PROVIDENCE – Only one of five Rhode Island counties, Providence County, is now at high risk for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and...

CDC: 2 R.I. counties at high-risk level for COVID-19

PROVIDENCE – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday listed the COVID-19 threat level in two Rhode Island counties, Kent County and...

Heavy rains cause massive flooding across R.I.

PROVIDENCE – The heavy rain that caused street flooding and forced the closure of major roads across the state on Labor Day continued on...

BLS: Average weekly wage in R.I rises 6.8% Y/Y in Q1

PROVIDENCE – The average weekly wage in Rhode Island increased 6.8% year over year through the end of the first quarter of 2022 to...

4 R.I. counties among U.S. News’ top 250 healthiest communities

PROVIDENCE –  Four of Rhode Island’s five counties landed in the top 250 of U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Healthiest Communities Rankings released...

Report ranks Providence as least healthy county in R.I., Bristol healthiest

PROVIDENCE – A new report found that residents of Providence County have the poorest health outcomes in Rhode Island, while those in Bristol County...
THE AVERAGE WEEKLY wage in Providence County was $1,145 in the first quarter, a 3.1 percent increase year over year. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/TY WRIGHT

BLS: Providence Co. employment grows 0.8% over year, while wages grow...

PROVIDENCE – All of the three local counties included in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2018 first-quarter employment and wage report released Wednesday...
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