Providence RI

WARWICK, R.I. (WJAR) — A Warwick family is feeling lucky to be alive after a massive tree crashed through their home, narrowly missing an 8-year-old's bed as she was sleeping. Colleen McKenna, Katherine McKenna, and her daughter Noelle were all home when the tree came crashing down around 3...

On March 31, legislators and advocates held a bill launch at the Rhode Island State House for the R.I. Voting Rights Act, which aims to protect Rhode Islanders against voter suppression and vote dilution. The proposed legislation comes in the face of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which entered consideration in the U.S. Senate on March 17 — a week before the RIVRA was referred to...

On a spring morning in 1993, state officials and hikers gathered to dedicate a new trail linking Dawley Park in Exeter with Stepstone Falls in West Greenwich. The opening of the 7-mile trail through the Arcadia Management Area would have seemed like a modest achievement in and of itself, but it marked the beginning of something much larger. It was the first piece of the...

It was a strong sharp feeling, a yearning for accountability. It grabbed Christine Marino almost as unexpectedly as the walloping news that someone had just shot and killed her 24-year-old daughter. But no one would ever arrest the guy or prosecute him or lock him up. Marino's daughter, Loren, was the victim of a murder-suicide . The North Providence man who had shot...

Rhode Island has coastal charm, great food, and that tight-knit New England feel. But living in the smallest state full-time? That’s where things can start to feel a little… cramped. In 2026, more locals are saying the charm is still there—but the trade-offs are getting harder to ignore.

The money will be used to purchase a new radio system that will allow unified communication between the more than 30 agencies that help protect the country's oldest continuous Fourth of July celebration.

The co-owner of a special spot in Fall River that brought nostalgia to many while satisfying their sweet tooth has died. 77-year-old Florence (Michaels) Ameen passed away peacefully on Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital. According to an obituary, Florence used to help out her late husband Robert “at their business...

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SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WJAR) — A neighborhood street in Smithfield has reopened after firefighters found two two unexploded ordnances inside a home. Fire officials said they responded to a home on Church Street for a person that came across a military shell. The fire department said a resident was cleaning...

If you drive through many cities or towns in Rhode Island, your car could be recorded by roughly 300 automated license plate reader cameras (ALPRs) across the state. These cameras are quietly collecting a log of data points about where you go and what you do.  Despite their name, ALPRs don’t just photograph your license […]