The two largest U.S. pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart, a third pharmacy behemoth, is in discussions for a deal.… MORE
Decomposed remains found in a Woonsocket home Monday are those of former Mayor Susan Menard, the Office of the State Medical Examiners confirmed Wednesday, while the identity of remains of a second individual have not yet been finalized.… MORE
Environmental officials are urging residents to avoid a stretch of the Blackstone River after finding that sewage was leaking into the river from a wastewater treatment plant on Sunday.… MORE
COVID-19 vaccines and the return of customers to stores helped push CVS Health well past fourth-quarter earnings expectations. … MORE
CVS Health will close hundreds of drugstores over the next three years, as the retail giant adjusts to changing customer needs and converts to new store formats. … MORE
The number of children in Rhode Island who tested positive for lead poisoning for the first time rose last year. … MORE
To the relief of many, Rhode Island reopened public restrooms Wednesday at the Kennedy Plaza transit hub in Providence, which had been closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. … MORE
An increased supply of COVID-19 vaccines as well as increased capacity to administer them with the planned opening of two more mass vaccination sites will help Rhode Island accelerate the immunization process, state officials announced Thursday.… MORE
Our friends over at Cloud City Drones asked local Rhode Islanders to show them their best drone snaps from around the state, and the results are more than impressive!… MORE
Governor Lincoln Chafee says Rhode Island's economy "still is fragile", after receiving estimates of falling tax revenues.… MORE
