WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is awarding the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) two grants totaling $10,737,672 through the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) Program, which helps states properly care for outdoor recreational areas. The Ocean State […]Read More
Governor McKee Announces Community Based COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Scheduled for
PROVIDENCE, RI – The McKee Administration today announced the community based COVID-19 vaccination clinics scheduled for Wednesday, February 16 and Thursday, February 17. Community based COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be held Wednesday, February 16 in Pawtucket, Narragansett, and Providence and Thursday, February 17 in Woonsocket, Narragansett, and Providence. Registration is recommended for these clinics. To register, visit C19VaccineRI.org and click […]Read More
Pawtucket Announces Take Home Tests for all Pawtucket School Department
PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket will be providing take-home COVID-19 rapid tests for each student, faculty member, and staff member of the Pawtucket School Department in an effort to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases within Pawtucket Schools. In conjunction with the Pawtucket School Department, Pawtucket City Council, and Pawtucket School Committee, the City will be […]Read More
Providence Police Detectives are seeking information from the public related to two separate robberies that have recently occurred within the City. Attached you will find three photos from each incident. The robbery that occurred at AJ’s Pharmacy on Smith Street took place on February 2, 2022. The suspect displayed a firearm and demanded money and […]Read More
Schumer, McConnell, Durbin, Thune, Reed, Inhofe, Brown, Toomey, Menendez, Risch,
Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Senate Republican Whip John Thune, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Jack Reed and Jim Inhofe, Senate Banking Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown and Pat Toomey, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and Ranking Member […]Read More
VOA NEWS – Ken Bredemeier WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday of Washington’s commitment to “Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” even as the United States says the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine looms as a “distinct possibility” in the coming days. Biden conferred by phone with the […]Read More
Warren, Bipartisan Group of Senators Applaud Passage of Resolution Recognizing
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) applauded the passage by unanimous consent of a bipartisan resolution to recognize the significant scientific, educational, and economic contributions made by the Arecibo Observatory telescope […]Read More
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is advising consumers that The Royal Ice Cream Company, Inc. is expanding its recent recall to include all products manufactured at its Manchester Connecticut facility and are within their expiration date due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. All recalled products have the manufacturing plant number CT121 or CT#121 and are […]Read More
On Saturday, February 12, 2022 at approximately 9:30 PM, Troopers responded to Ten Road at Arcadia Road in Exeter to investigate a head on motor vehicle collision. The juvenile operator of one vehicle was transported with minor injuries and the juvenile passenger was transported with critical injuries. The operator of the second vehicle identified as Alexander […]Read More
Federal funds will enhance electric car charging network as more Americans convert from gas-guzzlers to electric; Ocean State set to receive a total of $22 million in federal funding over next five years for EV charging transition WASHINGTON, DC – As electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States continue to accelerate at a rapid pace, […]Read More