1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (231+ words) The Rhode Island Department of Health is implementing a symptom-monitoring system for travelers coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan, three African countries with Ebola cases. Travelers from these countries are being rerouted to airports in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (680+ words) As we march toward July Fourth, you may start hearing more and more about America's birthday. What folks mean by that is that this year marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which, technically speaking, was…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago  (664+ words) While Providence isn't one of the 11 American cities hosting World Cup games, a quick walk around the Rhode Island State House wouldn't show it. The PVD Fan Zone in Station Park opened on Thursday, June 11. It is ready to receive…...

4+ week, 17+ hour ago  (228+ words) Tourists coming to Rhode Island have a new place to learn everything they need to know about the Ocean State. After a year of reconstruction and reimagining, the Richard Muserlian Visitor Center opened in the Rhode Island Convention Center in…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1805+ words) NORTH SMITHFIELD " Steep, gray granite cliffs stretch 80 feet above the eastern bank of the Blackstone River. On the western side, a footpath rises and falls across a high ridgeline and hills covered with huckleberry bushes and oak, pine and hemlock…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (504+ words) North Smithfield resident Evan Masse is a Waffle House fanatic. Masse first ate at the breakfast chain last May, when he stopped in Virginia for some food while traveling to Florida. Since then, he estimated that he has visited Waffle…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (723+ words) Who doesn't love an amusing misspelling? Well, probably the administration at Johnston High School. Who had to apologize for it. I'm speaking, of course, of this year's Johnston High School yearbook. Except on the spine, it came out as, "Johnston…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1317+ words) Thirty years ago, Rhode Island's dominant electric utility sold off its power plants as state lawmakers moved to restructure the energy sector in a bid to create competition and lower rates for consumers." Now, advocatesare raising concerns thatthe General Assembly…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (464+ words) Access to primary care remains elusive for many Rhode Islanders, particularly lower-income families and Hispanics, according to a report from the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner. The report, released Monday, June 1, underscores the importance of primary care in the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (678+ words) NORTH PROVIDENCE " Caden Hicks has some great friends. His North Providence classmates forced him onto the volleyball team last season. It was the best thing that happened to the senior. He fell in love with it and the Cougars, in…...