Providence RI

PROVIDENCE — The city is looking to become the first Rhode Island municipality to create a system that more fairly addresses the costs associated with stormwater runoff. Every Rhode Island municipality is dealing with its stormwater runoff problem in both expensive and commonsense ways, but lost among the...

Two young men found themselves handcuffed and at the center of a police investigation following an assault and firearms bust in New Bedford's North End on Tuesday. The City of New Bedford Police Department says in a social media post that authorities were called to a gas station disturbance initially, where they met...

Tucked along Allens Ave in Providence, Seaplane Diner is the kind of old school spot you stumble into once and then daydream about for weeks. Locals rave about hot coffee that never stops flowing, friendly service that remembers your name, and plates that arrive fast, full, and fairly priced. But...

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The State Fire Marshal's Office said the house fire in North Providence on Wednesday was caused by improperly disposed smoking material. The fire, which was determined to be accidental, left a home on Alexander Street temporarily uninhabitable, according to North Providence fire...

There’s something magical about sliding onto a worn vinyl stool at a classic American diner, where the coffee is bottomless and breakfast is served all day. The West Side Diner in Providence stands as a gleaming stainless steel time capsule on the corner of Westminster Street, beckoning hungry Rhode Islanders with...

A longtime restaurant and banquet hall in North Providence is changing hands.

A 9-week-old Chihuahua mix named Rosita is looking for her forever family through Animal Rescue of New England, a foster-based nonprofit rescue organization serving Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The puppy, described as having "a tiny body and a big personality just waiting to bloom," will arrive in...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Warwick Police Department have been at the park for several hours.

WEEI sports radio on 103.7 in Rhode Island is no more. Its parent company, Audacy, has sold the station to a local public radio station’s parent company, Ocean State Media, which operates the Public’s Radio in Rhode Island. The reported sales price paid by the public broadcasting company is $4.9 million.

Nearly a year after he accused Marathon School assistant principal Eric Mitchell of assaulting him in a Plainville casino, West Bridgewater resident Bryan Gallagher recently told the Hopkinton Independent his side of the story. Gallagher claimed he was protecting a young man from repeated harassment by Mitchell when...