Providence RI

A crash slowed the Monday evening commute on Interstate 195 west in East Providence. The westbound lanes were intermittently closed near the state line. Drivers should expect delays.

(WJAR) — Frustration is the only thing growing for dozens of people who want to get in on Rhode Island’s legal cannabis industry. They're criticizing the state over a process that has already taken years. And then, last week, it was halted altogether by a judge. “I’ve had...

On the edge of Providence’s Federal Hill and West End neighborhoods is a former industrial building still filled with old machinery and abandoned pallets. It’s the very spot a group of entrepreneurs had envisioned for a cannabis dispensary run by a diverse worker cooperative. PVD Flowers secured the location in October in order to qualify […]

The Brown University School of Public Health conducted a study where patients were offered free screenings for risk factors and liver disease at a community health clinic.

Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island has threatened legal action if the issue isn't resolved.

Warwick State Representative Marie Hopkins is sponsoring bills to support concierge medicine, which would allow doctors to charge patients a fee for their services and see both concierge and traditional patients, due to low reimbursement rates.

(WJAR) — The Providence Police Department has arrested a woman after she injured a man during a stabbing early Tuesday morning. The department responded around 1:16 a.m. to 111 Webster Avenue for a reported stabbing. Police arrested Linda Polanco, 31, for allegedly stabbing a man in the neck. The...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A street in Cranston has reopened after a resident found a grenade inside her basement Monday afternoon. Police said a woman called shortly after 3 p.m. to report locating a grenade inside a safe in her basement on Latent Knight Road. The woman told police...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Pawtucket police said an investigation is underway after a person was injured in a stabbing on Monday. According to police, they responded to May Street for a report of a stabbing. Officials said a male victim was found at the scene. He was taken to...

Cross Anchor Rescue of Rhode Island is tackling the challenges of housing domesticated farm animals head-on Suzanne Pellegrino and goat Enzo share a kiss in North Scituate, R.I. Pellegrino said she found Enzo when he was a day old and was sold at an auction. (Jonmaesha Beltran/ecoRI News) NORTH SCITUATE,...