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Holstad was the featured guest at The Providence Journal's All-States awards show at the Providence Performing Arts Center on ...
Lawmakers last approved a minimum wage hike in 2021, raising it gradually to $15 by 2025. New legislation will bring it to $17 by 2027.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island private health insurers have submitted rate requests to the Office of the Health Insurance ...
Jack Turner grew up in North Kingstown before moving to Florida. The local connection is now one shot behind the leader at ...
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Police arrested five juveniles and an 18-year-old man after a fight broke out in the parking lot of Mae's ...
Volunteers came out to the Woonasaquatucket River in Smithfield to catalog the fish in its waters by using a technique known ...
Fifty-two Black veterans of the Civil War are buried at Providence's North Burial Ground. They will be honored June 21 as the community marks Juneteenth.
And luckily, the website Frugal Flyer is willing to give up some of best "secret beaches." Based off a survey of over 3,000 voters, Frugal Flyer released a list of the 95 best secret beaches in the ...
As a federal holiday, many businesses and organizations will be closed for the observance of Juneteenth, but not all. Here is a guide of what is open and what is closed on Juneteenth in Rhode Island.
The “extreme” nature of the X Games events certainly caught the attention of spectators here in Rhode Island back in summer 1995.
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops. The Civil War had ended on ...
RI has the opportunity to lead by example, but it will require resources, community support, and a willingness to challenge outdated narratives.