Providence RI

Gov. Dan McKee is urging the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to approve a two-year proposal that would help reduce customers' winter utility bills.

A 29-year-old man who was killed in a crash on I-195 in Seekonk late last month is being remembered for his “adventurous spirit.”. Seekonk resident Joseph Gagliardi died in a car crash on the westbound side of the road on Aug. 29, the Bristol County District Attorney’s office said previously. A 911 caller reported...

Governor Dan McKee has announced actions to protect access to COVID-19 vaccines in Rhode Island by ordering insurers to cover the shots in accordance with recommendations from major medical organizations. The Governor's announcement follows federal government uncertainties regarding vaccine access. Director of Health...

Nearly one year out from the state’s gubernatorial primary, most voters haven’t decided who they will vote for, according to a new University of Rhode Island survey published Monday. The third annual Rhode Island Survey Initiative administered by YouGov took the temperature of 500 adults on housing, health care, the...

WARWICK, R.I. — For the fourth winter in a row, Rhode Islanders are bracing themselves for higher energy prices. The crowd was a little smaller inside the Public Utilities Commission recently when state regulators heard public comment on this year’s proposed rate hike, but the outrage, anger, and exhaustion expressed...

A staff member at Lillian Feinstein Elementary School in Providence was arrested earlier this month for allegedly biting and hitting a student.

Massachusetts just approved a new license plate design set to honor K9 officers and their handlers.

Spotted lanternfly populations have "exploded" this summer in parts of Rhode Island and scientists are struggling to tackle the infestations.

Commercial health insurance premiums for 2026 have been approved by the State of Rhode Island’s Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC), with modifications. The 2026 premiums approved by OHIC are driven by significant increases in the cost of health care services and drugs, due to increasing unit prices...

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. (WLNE) — A Providence man has been arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit social media messages to a child in Middleborough, Mass. Efrain Ixcuna, 28, is charged with enticement of a child under 16, attempt to commit a crime and reckless sexual endangerment of a child, according to...