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PROVIDENCE — Samantha Maar spent a long August day on the Rhode Island College campus figuring out whether she should take out loans to attend class this fall. Maar, 33, finished her undergraduate degree at RIC this past spring and hopes to embark on a master’s degree in social work at the college this year. But her...

Hurricane Erin remains a major hurricane, currently at Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson wind speed scale with maximum sustained winds of 125 MPH, and further strengthening is still possible. H. Erin briefly on Sat reached Category 5 with maximum sustained winds of 160 MPH, a significant rarity. Remember that this...

Major Todd Patalano said it started just after 5 a.m. Monday with a report of gunshots and a female screaming in the area of Woodbury Road.

I can’t believe I’ve been writing about local restaurants for years (since 2014) and only just made it to Cozy Grill on Warwick Avenue in Warwick this year. The hubs wasn’t even sure if we could get a table — because he knows how popular this family run eatery open since 1997 is. (There’s a 2nd location in Coventry,...

A tentative deal has been reached between Butler Hospital and its workers who have been on strike for three months.

The warnings are mounting about the Rhode Island economy and Governor Dan McKee’s management. The only recent good news may actually be bad news. The McKee administration announced this week that the number of “Jobs at Rhode Island businesses rose by 500 in July,” but that is not exactly true.

A Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General was arrested by Newport Police on Thursday night at the Clarke Cooke House. Body camera video secured by GoLocal via an Access to Public Records Act request shows Devon [Flanagan] Hogan, a Special Assistant Attorney General on the staff of Attorney General Peter Neronha,...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WJAR) — Firefighters responded to an incident involving the sprinklers at the Greenwich Odeum Sunday morning. According to Greenwich Odeum General Manager Rachel Kinney-Fitzpatrick, the sprinklers were somehow set off and flooded the stage. The East Greenwich Fire Department shut off the water...

LINCOLN, R.I. (WJAR) — A man who captured the harrowing moments of a car bursting into flames, along Route 146 in Lincoln Saturday night spoke exclusively to NBC 10. The accident happened around 10:00 p.m. Saturday, and involved a car that burst into flames. Witnesses say a Medical Examiner's...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – There’s a new music venue in town where everyone is invited to enjoy professional entertainment – with a side of community connection. The Sanctuary Sounds series at Slatersville Congregational Church kicked off last month with a performance by Colt & The Coyotes. And this week, organizers hope to...