To the editor: I am writing this letter on behalf of a recently organized group, Islanders for Democracy. We are area citizens who are alarmed at the actions being taken at the federal level. Among ...

This so-called Colony House in Newport is the oldest (1739-1741) of Rhode Island’s five surviving historic state house and court house buildings. It was the site of the May, 1790 convention that ...

To the editor: The verdict is in on what Israeli apartheid is doing to the Palestinians – ethnic cleansing since the 1948 Nakba and permanent occupation in Gaza and the West Bank since 1967. It’s the ...

1. STORY OF THE WEEK: In some ways, the $14.3 billion budget approved by Rhode Island’s House Finance Committee this week is a return to the pre-COVID norm. But in other ways, it’s a placeholder, ...

Spring moving into summer is often rainy, sunny, humid, and sometimes cold. Because of this imbalance in weather, the sky ends up having arguments in the form of thunderstorms, which often, luckily, ...

A Westport couple were killed Sunday morning when the car they were driving was struck head-on in Dartmouth Sunday morning. Jeffrey and Diane Moniz, both 76, were pronounced dead shortly after the ...

PROVIDENCE — By a vote of 26-11 and after some two hours of debate Friday afternoon, June 20, the Rhode Island Senate passed an amended version of an assault weapons ban bill. The bill, 2025-S 0359 ...

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on local veterans written by Westport Middle High School students who spent the first half of 2025 interviewing more than 20 local veterans ...

PROVIDENCE — Following approval of an amended version of the legislation in the State Senate earlier in the day, the House of Representatives followed suit to pass an assault weapons ban bill Friday ...

The Barrington High School junior varsity boys and girls track teams won their respective Rhode Island JV Track State Championships recently. The BHS boys team scored 75 points, finishing ahead of ...

Lights, cameras, action! Hollywood is coming to Little Compton. Crews filming M. Night Shyamalan’s new film, “Remain,” are expected in Adamsville Friday and later, Sakonnet Point. Work is also set for ...