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06/17/2026
At 12:15 PM, Troopers arrested Dawn Acosta, age 60, of 160 Benedict Street, Apartment 406, Providence, Rhode Island for a Superior Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Cost Review on the original charge of Conspiracy originating out of the Providence Police Department. This arrest was the...
06/17/2026
On Tuesday June 16, 2026, at 7:30 PM, Troopers arrested Holden J. Reynolds, age 31, of 320 South Road, Apt. 2, East Greenwich, Rhode Island for an active Third District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Arraignment on the original charge of Driving with No Application for License,...
06/16/2026
Opening Reception is Thursday, Aug. 20 Providence, RI—The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that the current display in the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill features mixed-media artworks created from hundreds of paintings made by both artists and non-artists in a...
06/16/2026
Starting on Friday night, June 26, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close the Diamond Hill Road Bridge in Woonsocket for rehabilitation work. The bridge carries traffic over the Peters River, located close to the Massachusetts state line. It will be closed for...
06/15/2026
Starting Monday, June 22, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin roadway improvements along Sprague Street in Portsmouth. This work will require traffic restrictions from Route 114 (Turnpike Avenue) to Route 138 (East Main Road), Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The...
06/11/2026
Rhode Island Department of Health now posts current news and press releases at: https://health.ri....
06/09/2026
On Friday night, June 12, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will establish a new traffic pattern on Route 1 (Post Road) North and South at the Route 37 overpass in Warwick. This will allow RIDOT to continue to remove the deficient bridge carrying Route 37 over Post Road. ...
06/08/2026
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising people to avoid contact with Almy Pond in Newport due to harmful algae blooms (HABs). All recreation, including swimming, fishing, boating and kayaking, is high risk to...
06/05/2026
PROVIDENCE, RI - Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today issued the following statement in recognition of the passage of a $45 million bond question for the construction of a Rhode Island State History Center in the FY2027 State budget by the Rhode Island House of Representatives: "For years,...
06/05/2026
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is alerting the public that a woodchuck found in the area of Cul De Sac Way in the Riverside section of East Providence tested positive for rabies on June 4. A second woodchuck was captured on June 5 and submitted for testing to RIDOH's State Health...