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READY FOR BATTLE: Gov. Daniel J. McKee takes the podium as state and labor officials join forces in August 2025 to protest President Donald Trump’s effort to halt work on the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

On the workforce development front, headwinds persist

In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
BACK AT IT: 
An Orsted A/S vessel is docked to one of the massive wind turbines off the coast of Rhode Island. Work on the turbines was delayed because of Trump administration orders, but it has resumed after the courts stepped in. 
AP FILE PHOTO/JOSHUA A. BICKEL

Offshore wind sector hits turbulence

State officials and labor leaders geared up for years in preparation for the promise of the offshore wind industry – thousands would need to...
MAKING SPARKS FLY: ­Mechanics work in one of Electric Boat’s metal fabrication “fixtures” used to build frames that reinforce a submarine’s ­pressure hull. 
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DYNAMICS ­ELECTRIC BOAT

School of hard hats: College-bound? EB’s hiring surge convincing more grads...

Approaching graduation, Lincoln Aldrich was only certain of two things: he wanted to work on boats, and he wanted to make a decent paycheck. “I...

America250-Enduring Success: Gilbane Inc.

(Editor’s note: This is the 16th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...

Question about Quonset sludge facility not a simple yes or no

Rhode Island has less than three years to decide what to do with the hundreds of tons of sludge created each week at its...
SOON ON 
THE MOVE: 
A pair of elephants lumber around their 2-acre habitat at Roger Williams Park Zoo. All three elephants that live at the zoo will be leaving next year because of increasing health issues as they age.
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: RWP Zoo left scrambling for money to boost attendance,...

It’s safe to say that nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of people who visit Providence’s Roger Williams Park Zoo each year make...

Electric Boat gets $15.4B extension for Columbia submarine program

PROVIDENCE – General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $15.4 billion contract extension from U.S. Department of War for its Columbia-class ballistic missile...

Electric Boat adding 3,500 jobs at Quonset Point

NORTH KINGSTOWN – General Dynamics Electric Boat is adding 3,500 jobs at Quonset Point as the company ramps up its nuclear submarine production.  General Dynamics...
FEELING UNEASY: Ironworkers Dorian Costa, left, and Oronde Hale have been working on the construction of Vineyard Wind out of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, visible in the background. But they’re now concerned about the future of the offshore wind industry. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

FADING PROMISE: Trump orders take toll on regional wind industry; will...

It was a breezy summer afternoon at Quonset Point in North Kingstown when tradesmen Lucileno Gomes and Antonio Gianfrancesco clocked out after their shift...

Andruil Industries cuts ribbon on new Quonset Business Park facility 

NORTH KINGSTOWN – State and local officials, along with the Quonset Development Corp. gathered Aug. 25 to celebrate Anduril Industries' new manufacturing facility at Quonset...
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