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State Government Press Releases

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10/16/2025
The Western Coventry Elementary School public water system is required to issue a do not drink notice for consumers because the level of manganese in the distribution system was higher than the health advisory limit. Manganese is a naturally occurring element found in rocks, soil, water, and air....
10/16/2025
Media Advisory Courtney Marciano For Immediate Release 401- 318- 0911 RIEMA Director Marc R. Pappas Elected Vice President of National Emergency Management Association Pappas to help lead national efforts to strengthen emergency preparedness, response, and resilience across...
10/15/2025
Effective Friday night, October 17, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily reduce the number of travel lanes from three to two on a section of Route 37 East over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in Warwick and shift those lanes to the right. This traffic pattern change...
10/14/2025
Starting Tuesday night, October 21, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a section of Route 4 near the Frenchtown Road (Route 402) overpass in East Greenwich. The closures are necessary for the installation of steel beams for the structurally deficient...
10/10/2025
Starting at 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, October 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will implement a temporary traffic pattern for the passage of trucks, buses and other large vehicles through the construction of the mini roundabout at the intersection of Brown Street, Boston...
10/10/2025
Starting at 11 p.m. on Friday night, October 17, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close Elmwood Avenue in both directions at the Route 10 overpass, located between Whitney Street and McKinley Street in Providence, close to Roger Williams Park. The road will be...
10/08/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Sno Pac Foods is recalling Del Mar 35 lb Bulk Organic Frozen Spinach and Sno Pac 10 oz Organic Frozen Cut Spinach because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled frozen spinach...
10/08/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are recommending people avoid contact with Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence due to a confirmed cyanobacteria bloom. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are naturally present...
10/08/2025
On Wednesday night, October 15, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin making repairs to the Chapman Pond Railroad Bridge on Route 78 in Westerly. This will require some traffic pattern changes over the next several weeks with the work expected to wrap up by the end of...
10/03/2025
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is alerting the public that a rabid bat was found on Humboldt Avenue in Providence in the area of Gladys Potter Park in the late afternoon on October 1st. The Providence Animal Control Division retrieved the bat after reports that it was acting...