PROVIDENCE, RI –  Citizens Bank and NBC10 have announced the 2021 Champions in Action areas of focus: COVID-19 Relief and Social Equity. The Champions in Action® program provides financial, volunteer and public relations support to […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee is making Warwick Public Schools Masks mandatory in the fall.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – The Warwick School Committee has made Warwick Schools masks mandatory this fall, but doubts from teachers and officials remain over whether it will be safe for students […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The perennially debunked hobgoblin of voter fraud suffered another blow Aug. 7 as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit unanimously upheld a consent agreement […]
![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. RI has expanded COVID-19 no-symptom tests to all residents 18-39 years old. This population is the most likely to be infected and the most likely to not show symptoms, increasing their risk to others who may become more seriously ill from the virus.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island’s expanding COVID-19 no-symptom tests to include every resident 18-39 years old, and contracting to increase test capacity to 9,000 per day. “I hope this news […]
![[CREDIT: National Grid] Tropical Storm-Isaias winds knocked out power for 87,000 Rhode Islanders Tuesday.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tropical-Storm-Isaias-RI-power-outages-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — Strong winds from Tropical Storm Isaias have knocked down power lines, cutting power to 87,000 Rhode Islanders, including 2,346 sporadic outages in Warwick, with Coventry, Cranston and […]
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has canceled lifeguard certification testing scheduled for today and Wednesday, Aug. 5Â due to the dangerous rip currents expected […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 27 Senate colleagues are urging U.S. Senate leadership to reject the Trump Administration’s push conditioning […]
![[CREDIT: DEM] The DEM advises anyone who had received the China seeds to mail them to the USDA Plant Protection and Quarantine Office in Wallingford, CT. They should not open, handle, plant or throw away the seeds.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DEM-china-seeds-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has more than 100 reports of ‘China seeds’ sent to Rhode Islanders from an unsolicited source in the Middle Kingdom. “DEM […]
![[CREDIT: YouTube screenshot] On Wednesday, the Warwick School Committee learned in-person school will cost $15 million.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Warwick-School-Committee-July-29-140x140.jpg)
Warwick – The School Committee’s Reopening Task Force estimates in-person school costs this fall at $15 million, while distance learning’s cost is $4 million, Chief Budget Officer Anthony Ferrucci told […]
WASHINGTON, RI – Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) voted for the Water Resources and Development Act of 2020 Wednesday, supporting nationwide water infrastructure improvements at ports, harbors and waterways, as well […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Post Files] The bars at O'Rourke's and Buffalo Wild Wings have been shut down with 10 days to comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Warwick-Restaurant-Bars-Closed-COVID-19-Violations-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK RI — Two Warwick restaurants’ bars are closed after the RIDOH issued compliance orders to 10 eateries for COVID-19 violations. The RI Department of Health has closed the bars […]
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island’s just exited an exclusive club of states requiring mail ballot witness signatures during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to a suit by the ACLU of RI, Campaign […]
