Starting on Sunday night, April 26, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a section of Wood Avenue in Woonsocket to begin rehabilitation of the Wood Avenue Bridge over the Peters River in Woonsocket. The bridge will be closed for approximately two weeks for...
Beginning Friday, April 24, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close two bridges along a short section of Route 116 (Main Street) in the village of Hope in Scituate, just over the Coventry town line. The detour will be in place for approximately eight months...
In observance of National STI Awareness Week (April 12-19), the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is highlighting some encouraging trends in reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections in Rhode Island. RIDOH is also promoting some of the innovative STI prevention strategies that...
ARREST: 2026-023659
LOCATION: Cranston
On Friday, April 10, 2026, at approximately 6:00 AM, members of the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Andre L. Wilkinson, age 47, of 62 Magnolia Street Apartment 2, Cranston, Rhode Island, on an Affidavit and Arrest Warrant from the...
As part of an ongoing bridge replacement project, on Sunday night, April 12, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift all travel lanes at the Douglas Pike Bridge (Route 7) where it passes over I-295 in Smithfield to the portion of the bridge that carries northbound traffic....
Youth players, families, and officials gather to mark the start of a statewide Semiquincentennial effort
RUMFORD, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the RI250 Commission today officially launched Play Ball for RI250, a statewide initiative connecting youth sports, community pride, and...
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is seeking public comment on intent to issue a Categorical Exclusion.
RIDOH has reviewed for approval the request by the Clear River Electric and Water (CREW) District for a Categorical Exclusion determination for the proposed Service Line Inventory and...
Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is seeking public comment on intent to issue a Categorical Exclusion.
RIDOH has reviewed for approval the request by the Clear River Electric and Water (CREW) District for a Categorical Exclusion determination for the proposed Service Line Inventory and...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that a drinking water infrastructure consolidation project at the Scituate Housing Authority's Rockland Oaks Senior Housing Community, Scituate High School, and Scituate Middle School was one of the recipients of its annual,...
Starting Sunday night, April 12 the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will continue temporary detours along both directions of Route 4 to accommodate steel beam installation at the Frenchtown Road Bridge in East Greenwich. The closures are scheduled for four consecutive nights,...
