The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced applications have opened for a grant program that supports schools' in-person arts and cultural field trips. The Big Yellow School Bus grants have been engaging R.I. students in meaningful arts cultural activities since 2010.
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Starting on Tuesday night, January 16, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will conduct a series of overnight closures of I-295 for placing steel beams for the new Providence Street Bridge in West Warwick. RIDOT is using accelerated bridge construction methods to replace this...
For one night, starting at 5 p.m. on Sunday, January 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close lanes at the Route 146 intersection with Sayles Hill Road in North Smithfield. The closure will allow the Department to begin lifting steel beams as part of a new flyover...
With levels of respiratory viruses like the flu and COVID-19 continuing to increase in Rhode Island and across the country, all Rhode Islanders are urged to take prevention measures to help keep themselves and their family members healthy.
"As we have seen the last several years, holiday travel,
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that starting tomorrow morning, Saturday, January 6, a new traffic pattern will be in place on I-95 North after the Downtown exit and near Providence Place Mall in Providence. The changes are part of the Providence...
Ridership data shows it is the appropriate time to wind down the temporary service
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) today announced that Friday, January 19 will be the last day of service for the temporary Bristol to Providence ferry. Ridership data indicates it is...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Blue Ridge Beef is recalling specific lots of Kitten Mix and Puppy Mix due to contamination of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes can affect animals eating the products and there is...
At 10:16 PM, Troopers arrested Thomas Lyons, age 53, of 1571 Main Street, Apartment #27C, West Warwick, Rhode Island for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor and/ or Drugs- First Offense- BAC Unknown, and Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test- First Offense. This arrest was the...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) is recalling select batches of Nutramigen Powder, a specialty infant formula for the dietary management of cow milk allergies. This product could be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii.
