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‘Unrealistic’: Neronha blasts CharterCARE’s 5-year turnaround plan

In a letter sent to Leslie Parker, an attorney who represents CharterCARE, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha rejected the nonprofit healthcare system's five-year turnaround plan.
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Emergency crews respond to apparent crash on Braga Bridge

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WJAR) — Police and firefighters responded Friday night to an apparent crash on the Braga Bridge, which connects Somerset and Fall River. Video captured by NBC 10 shows a heavy police and fire presence. People could be seen picking up debris, and a car was towed from the scene.
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WPRI 12 Weather Now 9/25/26

High Wind Warning: Barnstable County, Block Island, Bristol County, Dukes County, Eastern Kent County, Nantucket County, Newport County, Southeast Providence County, Washington County, Western Kent County. High Surf Advisory: Barnstable County, Dukes County, Nantucket County. Coastal Flood Advisory: Block Island, Brist
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9 Popular Dog Breeds in Rhode Island (and Why Ocean State Owners Love Them)

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Photo by Pauline Loroy / unsplash Rhode Island might be the smallest state in the country, but its dog-loving population is anything but small. Ask around Providence, Newport, or Warwick, and the popular dog breeds in Rhode Island range from f
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Strong winds, rough surf raise erosion concerns along Rhode Island coast

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WJAR) — Strong winds and high waves built along the Rhode Island coast Friday, drawing spectators to Narragansett Town Beach as conditions worsened. A high wind warning is in effect, with coastal gusts of 45 to 60 mph possible. “Every time there’s a big storm, I like...
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We’ll be on the outer fringes of the Nor’easter this weekend, but the worst...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - We’ll be watching the track of the powerful Nor’easter over the weekend, but it still looks like the worst of it will spare our region. For today, northern parts of the region will be mostly cloudy. Southern sections will have showers, including the afternoon and evening. Highs will be in the 6
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Stronger Nor’easter Track Brings Wind Gusts Up to 60 MPH to Connecticut and Rhode...

HARTFORD, CT — Evening model updates are showing a stronger storm with a closer track and a slight uptick in wind gusts heading into the weekend, with forecasters warning residents across Connecticut and Rhode Island not to be shocked if gusts reach as high as 60 mph during the storm’s peak. Winds are expected to begin
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Providence’s Little Italy has a bronze pine cone everyone mistakes for a pineapple

Federal Hill sits just west of downtown Providence, right across Interstate 95, and Atwells Avenue runs through the middle of it as the main street. For more than a century this stretch has been the center of the city’s Italian-American life, and today people drive in from across New England for the food alone.
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URI Launches Public Website Revealing Six Decades of Rhode Island Shoreline Change

Student Jake Harrington uses real-time kinematic global positioning system for a beach survey. (Image credit: J.P. Walsh, URI) The University of Rhode Island has made one of the world's oldest and continuous beach survey efforts available online via Rhode Island Beach Dynamics Over Decades, a new public website. Since
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‘Live Like Russ’: Golf tournament honors legacy of ACI officer who died from COVID-19

It's been almost six years since Lt. Russell "Russ" Freeman passed away due to complications from COVID-19.

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