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The Rhode Island Department of State has issued a statement after learning about a voter registration issue in New Jersey. The Justice Department wants New Jersey to hand over all names and information on an estimated 66-hundred non-citizens who were automatically registered to vote due to a Motor Vehicle Commission so

(WJAR) — Gov. Dan McKee is set to sign an executive order on Wednesday that will create the 37th Governor’s Bay Day. A Governor’s Bay Day includes free parking at all Rhode Island State Beaches on Sunday, July 26. The public is allowed to fish in Rhode...

Tick-related illness is on the rise in Rhode Island and the state’s top tick expert said education is the best defense. Black-legged ticks, which cause Lyme disease, represent about 25% of the ticks people encounter but lone star ticks, which can trigger a red meat allergy known as alpha-gal syndrome, are spiking in th

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — More affordable housing is coming to the city of Providence. The Smiley administration announced a new investment from the Providence Housing Trust Fund that's expected to help create more than 200 affordable apartments across three developments. "The Providence Housing Trust Fund has been one

Rhode Home Rescue, a foster-based dog rescue in Rhode Island, is hoping to find a forever home for Luke, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador who weighs about 75 pounds and is “ready to make this his last summer without a forever family.”

Fighting Rooster (File, AI) A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Rhode...

Fear of contracting an illness that's gained attention for its unsavory symptoms is hurting at least one local business.

(WJAR) — A Providence man faces charges after he was accused of stabbing one dog to death and injuring another. The Providence Police Department said it charged 26-year-old Charles W. Deluca for an incident on Carleton Street on June 14. According to police, Deluca got into an altercation with...

The same French multinational biometrics technology company behind the motor voter system in New Jersey where a software glitch mistakenly registered 6,600 noncitizens to vote — of whom a few hundred did so — also provides drivers licenses and identification cards, including REAL ID and facial recognition, for the stat

(WJAR) — A Cranston man was sentenced to serve six months in prison for a shooting at a restaurant in 2024. Michael Mancini of Cranston had been arrested after he shot himself in the leg in an altercation on July 20, 2024. He had pleaded nolo contendere, meaning he...