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![[CREDIT: CCRI] Governor Dan McKee speaks by the site of the proposed $60 million bond-funded Workforce Innovation Center at CCRI’s Warwick Campus](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CCRI-Workforce-Innovation-Center-bond-250x228.jpg)
McKee Budgets $60M CCRI Workforce Innovation Center Bond
WARWICK, RI — Thursday, Gov. Dan McKee today joined Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) President Rosemary Costigan, state leaders, labor partners, and industry representatives at CCRI’s Knight Campus to […]
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![[CREDIT: Rep. Magaziner's Office] From left, RI Sen. Leo Raptakis, Town Manager Dan Parillo, Council President JP Verducci, US Rep. Magaziner, Councilman Frank Brown, and far right, John Preiss, RIDOT Acting Cheif Engineer.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Magaziner-Coventry-Wood-Street-Waste-Center-250x228.jpg)
Magaziner, Officials, Tout $2.2M For Wood Street, Waste Center
COVENTRY, RI — Thursday, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02) joined Coventry leaders at the Coventry Police Department, 60 Wood St., to announce $2,250,000 in federal funding he secured for a […]
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![[CREDIT: WCFA] Warwick Weekend Events this week include WCFA'S Emerging Artists Exhibit, a food drive at the mall and free concert at the library.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Warwick-Weekend-Events-art-250x228.jpg)
Warwick Weekend Events: Art, Food Drive, Free Concert
Wondering why your event isn’t here? You might not have entered it into our calendar. Social media isn’t going to reach all your followers, but our calendar reaches everyone who […]
Business
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McKee Budgets $60M CCRI Workforce Innovation Center Bond
WARWICK, RI — Thursday, Gov. Dan McKee today joined Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) President Rosemary Costigan, state leaders, labor partners, and industry representatives at CCRI’s Knight Campus to […]
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![[CREDIT: Local News Day] For Local News Day, WarwickPost.com has opened its paywall.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Local-News-Day-1-250x228.png)
Warwick Post, Media, Join Local News Day
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Post joins local media nationwide supporting local reporting during Local News Day today, encouraging business owners and readers to strengthen news rooms that inform local decisions […]
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![[CREDIT: CNE] Care New England has announced planned construction updates to Kent Hospital, including the Kent Emergency Department, hospital main entrance, and expanded ambulatory, complex care and the Cardiac Catheterization Suite.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kent-Emergency-Department-Entrance-update-250x228.jpg)
CNE Plans $97M Kent Hospital Care, Emergency Department Updates
WARWICK, RI – Care New England plans a $97 million “transformative construction project” at Kent Hospital including a Kent Emergency Department modernization, updates for the campus, expanded ambulatory and complex […]
Schools
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McKee Budgets $60M CCRI Workforce Innovation Center Bond
WARWICK, RI — Thursday, Gov. Dan McKee today joined Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) President Rosemary Costigan, state leaders, labor partners, and industry representatives at CCRI’s Knight Campus to […]
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Bailey Borkowski with a giant $20,000 check for the KFC Foundation Scholarship she won. The check was presented to her at the Coventry KFC store April 1 in a surprise presentation.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Bailey-Borkowski-KFC-Foundation-Scolarship-250x228.jpg)
CHS Senior Wins $20K KFC Foundation Scholarship
COVENTRY, RI — CHS senior Bailey Borkowski’s April 1, 824 Tiogue Avenue KFC shift started with a surprise party with family and coworkers celebrating her $20,000 KFC Foundation Scholarship win, […]
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![[CREDIT: WPS] Warwick Schools Finance Director Craig Enos reviews the Budget Commission's $7.9M school deficit plan. Committee members argue $2.6M of that is illegally omitted from the city's maintenance of effort.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Warwick-School-Deficit-Plan-03-24-2026-250x228.jpg)
Committee: School Deficit Plan Skirts $2.1M Maintenance of Effort
WARWICK, RI — School Committee members reviewed the Budget Commission’s school deficit plan Tuesday, which zeroes out a $7.9 million deficit by FY31, protesting its failure to acknowledge $2.1 million […]
All Politics are Local
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![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Martin-Luther-King-DC-Monument-2011-140x140.jpg)
Martin Luther King Day: Civil Rights Threatened
Today America marks the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., whose non-violent civil disobedience moved the U.S. to grant liberty denied black citizens, as the fate of American liberty itself […]
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![[CREDIT: CSPAN] President Donald Trump announces the military strike on Venuzuela and subsequent Maduro kidnapping.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Maduro-kidnapping-Trump-CSPAN-01-03-26-250x228.jpg)
Trump Aims to ‘Run’ Venezuela After Kidnapping Maduro Jan. 3
WASHINGTON, DC — A year into a term marked by rising inflation, shrinking jobs, seizure of Congressional powers and Epstein file cameos, President Donald Trump has decided to also run […]
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![[CREDIT: Jim Taylor] Thousands attended the third 'No Kings' nation-wide rally June 14 at the State House. Rallies were held in six other locations](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/No-Kings-Rally-RI-State-House-1-250x228.jpg)
‘No Kings’ Rallies Set for Saturday in EG, NK, Providence
[CREDIT: Jim Taylor] Thousands attended the third ‘No Kings’ Thousands attended the third ‘No Kings’ nation-wide rally June 14 at the State House. Rallies were held in six other locations […]
Police and Fire
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Trooper Warwick Arrests April 12: Road Rage, Assault
WARWICK, RI — Warwick arrests in the area April 1 – 10 included charges for throwing objects at cars, felony and sexual assault, and DUI. Here are the basics on […]
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![[CREDIT: CPD] Coventry Police Headquarters at 60 Wood St, Coventry, RI. There were 31 CPD arrests in August 2024.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CPD-arrests-coventry-arrests-250x228.jpg)
CPD Arrests 2 Fleeing Centre of NE Crash
COVENTRY, RI — Coventry Police at Walmart, at 3:06 p.m. Friday for a shoplifting call arrested two men fleeing in a Ford Fusion who hit a tree, then also fled […]
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CCRI Lockdown: Report of Firearm-Wielding Person Nearby
WARWICK, RI — A CCRI Lockdown at the Knight Campus was issued by the Community College of Rhode Island Tuesday at 9:16 a.m., following reports of a firearm in the […]