The state health laboratories conduct a quiet but important work in keeping Rhode Island healthy. Their working space is ...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will receive the key to the city of Providence, Rhode Island on May 31. The award will be presented by Mayor Brett Smiley during the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's gala.

Protesters wave the Palestinian and Lebanese flags on the steps to the Rhode Island State House on March 17, 2025. Getty Images Buses pass by Providence City Hall on May 28, 2020.

Born in Providence in 1922, Chafee didn't have a traditional Rhode Island accent. Instead, he had the kind of upper-crust accent that's sometimes categorized as a Brahmin accent , and is now ...

SPARLNG: Last year, more than 400 people died of a drug overdose in Rhode Island. At first, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said he was skeptical about opening a supervised consumption site in the city.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — A 29-year-old man was fatally shot in Providence Wednesday night. Police said the shooting happened on March Street in the Chad Brown section, shortly after 7:00 p.m ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — 249 years ago Sunday, Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to formally declare its independence from Great Britain. On May 4, 1776, delegates gathered ...

Officials in Providence, Rhode Island, recently approved a $10 million budget plan for the city’s reparations program, but some are wondering who might end up benefiting from it.

In this Nov. 4, 2021, file photo, the state seal with Rhode Island's full former name appears on a rug in the state room at the Rhode Island State House, in Providence, R.I.

This year's 15th annual Rhode Island Seafood Festival will take place at India Point Park in Providence on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7, with hours from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island leaders are calling for transparency after dozens gathered Thursday to protest an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainment in Providence. The ...