On Thursday night, April 13, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will open a new dedicated on-ramp from JT Connell Highway northbound onto Route 138 West toward the Pell Bridge. The change will reduce congestion and make it easier for drivers coming from Downtown Newport to merge...
PROVIDENCE, RI As sure a rite of spring as the budding of willows and peeping of peepers, Opening Day of the trout season is set for Saturday, April 8, and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has stocked more than 100 freshwater locations, including children's-only ponds, with 60,...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces it will hold its annual Free Fishing Weekend Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7. DEM invites Rhode Islanders and visitors alike to fish in the state's freshwaters on both days for all species of freshwater...
Recent traffic safety reports published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) show reductions in traffic fatalities in Rhode Island and a corresponding improvement in national rankings compared to all 50 states and the...
PROVIDENCE, RI Governor Dan McKee, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), the Town of Cumberland, and the Cumberland Land Trust today are announcing the protection of a pristine, 84-acre swath of forested land including tributaries of two reservoirs that are critical drinking water...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) along with partners the RI Tree Council, Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association, and the Arbor Day Foundation is giving 1,000 trees away to Rhode Islanders this spring through the Energy-Saving Trees program....
Opening reception is on Thursday, April 20, 5 p.m.-7 p.m.
Providence, RI The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today works by Native American artist Cynthia "Listens to the Wind" Ross Meeks will be on display from April 11 to June 7 at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol...
PROVIDENCE, RI The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has opened the Great Swamp Shooting Range for the season and welcomes sportsmen and women to use Rhode Island's only free, public outdoor shooting range. Located within the Great Swamp Management Area in South Kingstown, the range...
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) this week will start milling and paving a 10-mile stretch of Boston Neck Road (Route 1A) in North Kingstown and Narragansett. The work will start on the northern section of this road, pause at the Bridgetown Road intersection in Narragansett in...
PROVIDENCE, RI East Matunuck State Beach will close for about a two-week stretch starting Monday, April 3, to allow crews to wrap up a construction project that added a third lane to the entrance and strengthened stormwater controls, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced...
