The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing the swimming area at City Park and Conimicut Point Beach in Warwick due to high bacteria counts.
RIDOH will continue to monitor and review beach water quality through Labor Day. The status of a beach may change as new data become...
Starting Thursday night, July 17, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will resume nighttime closures on short sections of I-95 and I-295 in both directions for continued reconstruction of bridges that span these highways along East Avenue in Warwick. The closures will be in place...
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at 12:10 PM, Troopers arrested Andres Pizarro, age 22, of 210 East Main Street, Apartment 2, Fall River, Massachusetts, for 1). License or Permit to Carry Concealed Pistol or Revolver, 2.) Resisting Legal or Illegal Arrest, and 3.) Obstruction of an Officer in the...
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM, Troopers arrested James Simon, age 60, of 7 Warner Street, Plains, Pennsylvania, for 1.) Bank Fraud, 2.) Identity Fraud, 3.) Theft-Obtaining Credit Card Through Fraudulent Means, 4.) False Statement as To Financial Condition or Identity, 5.) Fraudulent Use of...
Starting, Friday night July 11, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will install traffic paddles along a section of I-195 East in Providence as part of a pilot to help traffic merge more efficiently. They will be located along a 500-foot section at the beginning of the highway,...
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 health...
Between mid-July and mid-August, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), Brown Dermatology, and partners statewide will be making free skin cancer screenings available at select Rhode Island parks and beaches on four dates.
"Along with getting in the shade and using a broad-spectrum...
On Thursday night, July 10, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will begin making numerous minor traffic changes as part of the ongoing I-95 15 Bridges project, affecting different sections of I-95 and Route 10 between Warwick and Providence.
No highway lanes, ramps or exits...
On Friday night, July 18, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will change the traffic pattern on Route 99 South where it passes over Route 146 in North Smithfield. RIDOT is doing phased bridge preservation and needs to work on the center of the bridge. This will require a lane...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising people to avoid contact with a section of Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence (western basin, south of Douglas Avenue) due to harmful algae blooms (HABs). All recreation,...
