Providence RI

Steven Stycos, Cranston citywide council candidate, is calling for JWU to "pay its fair share" as a tax-exempt institution.

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A wildlife control worker at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport was scratched by a coyote shortly before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health. “One of the wildlife control personnel has been attacked by a coyote,” a first responder said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence police are investigating a reported incident at Hope High School involving students, according to the school’s principal. In a letter to the school community Wednesday, Principal Francisco Velasquez described the allegation as serious but did not specify what happened. Velasquez said the s

Angels’ Care Closet celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 1515 Newman Avenue in Seekonk on Saturday, September 5, welcoming community leaders, supporters, volunteers, board members and friends to mark an important milestone for the growing nonprofit. The new location provides Angels’ Care Closet with addi

Airstreams usually suggest campgrounds, but Sézane is bringing French fashion to Fountain Street in one instead. Beginning tomorrow, September 25, the Parisian brand will park its En Route pop-up outside Neptune, an ASH Hotel, for three days, turning the familiar silver trailer into a compact boutique with a distinctly

EASTON, Mass. (WJAR) — The driver of a work van died after a collision with a tractor-trailer on Turnpike Street on Wednesday evening, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III. Easton police and EMS responded to the area of 676 Turnpike St., also known as Route...

I feel like over the past several years, the SouthCoast has been lulled to sleep by false alarms dealing with weather. We'd hear about how we were going to get slammed by a major snowstorm, then very little would happen. Since the Blizzard of '26, that pendulum has swung the...

CENTRAL FALLS, RI — Members of the Intelligence Unit, Violent Fugitive Task Force, and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force arrested a Central Falls man on multiple firearms charges on Sept. 22, 2026. Ruben Josue Depina Andrade, 20, of Central Falls, was arrested at 6 a.m. and charged with...

Forecasters are beginning to get a handle on what Massachusetts and Rhode Island can expect from the likely upcoming nor’easter. According to the National Weather Service, a High Wind Watch has just been issued for portions of eastern, northeastern, and southeastern Massachusetts and northern and southern Rhode Island

Charter Communications has relaunched its recently-acquired regional channel New England Cable News (NECN) under the Spectrum News brand. The move comes about six months after Charter announced its intention to acquire NECN from peer telecom services provider Comcast, which operated it as part of NBC Universal. The net