Starting on Friday night, April 21, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will install a lane split for both directions of Route 146 at the bridges that carry the highway over Mineral Spring Avenue and Charles Street in North Providence. The lane splits will be in place for...
In observance of National STI Awareness Week, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is raising awareness about rising sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates in Rhode Island and nationwide.
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their 2021 Sexually...
PROVIDENCE, RI – State leaders and local event organizers today promoted The Ocean Race, a prestigious around-the-world sailing competition whose high-tech, 60-foot IMOCA class sailboats will berth in Newport May 13-21 for their only North American stopover. The Department of Environmental...
Starting Sunday night, April 16, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will resume milling and paving on the I-295 corridor. This year RIDOT will finish paving the entire highway, including all exits and on-ramps, from the Massachusetts border in Cumberland to the I-95 interchange...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, legislative and government agency leaders, and local organizers will promote a prestigious global sporting event that's coming to Rhode Island next month, The Ocean Race, at the State House tomorrow.
Sleek, high-speed sailboats — one skippered...
Starting Friday night, April 14, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will begin a series of traffic pattern changes associated with the $85 million Cranston Canyon Project. The changes will allow RIDOT to begin demolition and replacement of the Route 37 bridges over I-295 North...
"From Fields to Festivals: Parks and Recreation in Rhode Island" Celebrates State's Outdoor Spaces
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the Rhode Island State Archives today announced the opening of a new Archives exhibit, "From Fields to Festivals: Parks and Recreation in...
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...
