Providence RI

WOONSOCKET, R.I. – CVS Health announced the appointment of Teresa Heitsenrether to its Board of Directors and departure of Larry Robbins from its Board. Ms. Heitsenrether joins the CVS Health Board with nearly forty years of financial services leadership experience. She currently serves as Chief Data & Analytics Office

Three weeks and a day out from the primary, Gov. Dan McKee has failed to narrow a 20-point gap with his Democratic gubernatorial challenger, Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a survey published Tuesday by The Pell Center at Salve Regina University finds.  The poll of 857 likely primary voters echoes surveys by other organizatio

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — More safety or less privacy? Rhode Island cities and towns are weighting that question Monday night as the future of Flock cameras are uncertain. Supporters say the cameras can help solve crimes, while critics raise concerns about privacy. At a Woonsocket city meeting, leaders heard...

To say that the USA has a complicated relationship with gambling must be one of the greatest understatements of all time. While it might not be up there with “Houston, we’ve had a problem”, which was uttered by the crew of NASA’s Apollo 13 after their oxygen tank exploded while the crew was about 200,000 miles away fro

Crews in Barrington extinguished a fire at St. Luke's Parish early Tuesday morning.

Pawtucket police said Monday that an 82-year-old man who was reported missing was located. No additional details were released.

Rhode Island wrote the nation's first Homeless Bill of Rights but has seen unsheltered homelessness climb sharply and proposed protections die in committee — leaving the state open to enforcement-first models that have drawn constitutional lawsuits elsewhere. On July 21, Tucson's police chief, Monica Prieto, stood befo

The former Rhode Island anesthesiologist who spent more than 20 years on the run to avoid being prosecuted for sexual assault is still looking for an attorney to represent him.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Providence Fire Department is adding another rescue and replacing aging ambulances as emergency medical calls continue to make up the overwhelming majority of the department's workload. About 80% of calls to the Providence Fire Department are EMS-related, according to city officials. The c

The Taunton Fire Department is mourning the unexpected death of firefighter Kyle Machado, the department announced Sunday. The fire department did not specify what day Machado died or what caused his death. Before becoming a firefighter, Machado served in the U.S. Navy, the fire department said. He joined the Taunton..