Plans to expand the South County Troll Trail took two big steps forward last week when the state awarded two grants worth ...

After decades of false promises, Sen. Mark Montigny confirms trains will start rolling into New Bedford, Fall River and ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WJAR) — South Kingstown fire officials said a fire broke out at a Rhode Island Energy substation on Friday evening. According to fire officials, they observed some flames ...

Columnist Mark Patinkin ponders new names for Rhode Island and it's cities and towns as the Gulf of Mexico gets renamed.

Through their actions in and out of the classroom, high school students serve as examples to their peers. Two such examples ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The shark that Captain Carl Granquist caught just South of Charlestown in ... send the helpful information to the Rhode Island-based Atlantic Shark Institute.

EAST PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has a recycling problem and Mayor Bob DaSilva is determined to get his constituents to start dealing with it. Recycling has plenty of benefits, like conserving our ...

WESTERLY, R.I. (WPRI) — Two snowy owls have been found dead within the past week, one in Rhode Island and the other ... “Snowy owl sightings south of their tundra breeding grounds are often ...

Thousands of Providence nurses and some doctors are striking Friday in the largest health care strike in Oregon history. Citing dangerous working conditions due to staffing shortages at Providence ...

Four US fishermen had to be rescued Thursday (Jan. 23) after a scallop vessel collided with a trawler south of Block Island, Rhode Island, the US Coast Guard reported. Coast Guard Sector Long ...