A nor’easter that battered the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force wind gusts left more than a half-million homes and businesses without power in New England and forced the closure of bridges, ferries and schools in the region Wednesday.… MORE
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Click the “Wind” icon on the top right of this interactive map to toggle real-time winter weather.… MORE
Pretty Woman Starts National Tour at PPAC
By Kimberly Rau for WPRO The Providence Performing Arts Center returned to live theater this month by kicking off the national tour of Pretty Woman, a musical take on the 1990 romantic comedy starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. In this stage adaptation, Tony Award-winner Adam Pascal plays rich businessman Edward Lewis, who ends up…… MORE
State to Providence: Stop work on bike lane or pay $4.4M
Providence must stop all work on a bike lane project or may have to reimburse the state and the federal government for the cost of a previous infrastructure project at the same location because of an agreement signed by the city’s former mayor, the state’s transportation department has said.… MORE
Governor unveils plans to spend $113M in federal money
Gov. Dan McKee disclosed his plans Thursday to spend about $113 million of Rhode Island’s more than $1.1 billion in federal relief funds on essential needs including affordable housing, support for small businesses, and bonuses for child care workers.… MORE
Sick bald eagle rescued in Smithfield; prognosis unclear
One of a small number of bald eagles in Rhode Island was found sick Saturday and was rescued by officials who say the young male’s eyes are infected.… MORE
Fidelity adds 350 more jobs than initially planned
Fidelity Investments says it has added 350 more jobs than the investing giant had initially planned, when it announced last spring that it would center its growing corps of customer relations personnel at its Smithfield, R.I. campus.… MORE
Man gets 18 years for selling deadly dose of fentanyl
A Massachusetts man who was the first person charged under a Rhode Island law that provides for stiff punishments for people who sell illicit drugs that result in death will spend 18 years in prison, prosecutors said Monday.… MORE
North Kingstown Boys & Girls Cross Country team
Congratulations to this week’s Showcase Cinemas High School Team of the Week: North Kingstown Boys & Girls Cross Country team This week’s spotlight was sent in by Paul Tetreault: Both the NKHS Boys & Girls Cross Country teams joined forces for a toiletry drive for the Ronald McDonald House in Providence. Combined they collected over 300 items…… MORE
Ex-mayor ordered to repay investors $300,000
A federal judge has dismissed two more charges faced by a disgraced former Massachusetts mayor and ordered him to repay more than $300,000 to investors in his smartphone app, according to court records.… MORE
