McKee, Neronha and RI Delegation celebrate Revolution Wind court win
NEW LONDON, Conn. (WLNE) -- Governor McKee will join Connecticut Governor Lamont for a press conference on the restart of the Revolution Wind. That will…
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DC District Court grants Revolution Wind injunction, construction expected to restart
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction Monday in favor of Revolution Wind after its construction was ordered to halt by the Trump administration. The offshore Rhode Island wind power…
Exeter set to unveil public housing solar power installation
EXETER, R.I. (WLNE) -- This morning, Exeter will be home to a first of its kind model for powering public housing. Today, a 6.5 megawatt solar…
Neronha to sue Trump over Revolution Wind, McKee seeks meeting with president on project
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and his Connecticut counterpart William Tong announced their intent Thursday to…
McKee sends letter to Secretary of the Interior over Revolution Wind Project stoppage
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Gov. Dan McKee sent Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum a letter in response to a meeting the two had about the stoppage of the Revolution Wind Project. The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered any…
RIDOH recommends avoiding several bodies of water due to algae blooms
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recommend avoiding contact with four bodies of water in the state due to confirmed blue-green algae blooms. The following waterbodies were part…
RI Delegation voices opposition to Trump wind project cancelation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Rhode Island leaders are opposing the Trump administration's order to pause the Revolution Wind project. The project was placing offshore wind…
Revolution Wind project halted by Trump administration
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior ordered any ongoing activity related to the Revolution Wind Project to stop Friday. In a letter to leadership…
RIDOH updates algae advisories at multiple bodies of water
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health said it was recommending lifting a ban on recreational activities at Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence and closing Slack Reservoir in Smithfield and the state boat ramp at Tiogue…
RIDOH recommends avoiding part of lake in Coventry due to algae bloom
COVENTRY, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with a section of Tiogue Lake near Briar Point Beach in Coventry due to an algae bloom.…
RIDOH recommends avoiding pond in Smithfield due to algae bloom
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with Georgiaville Pond in Smithfield due to a blue-green algae bloom. RIDOH said that skin contact with…
RIDOH recommends public avoid lake in Cranston due to algae bloom
CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with Meshanticut Lake in Cranston due to a blue-green algae bloom. RIDOH said that skin contact with…
RIDOH lifts recreational activity advisory at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said they have lifted an advisory to avoid recreational activity at Slack Reservoir in Smithfield. The advisory was put in place due to…
RIDOH lifting water advisory in Burrillville, expanding advisory to all Roger Williams Park ponds
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said it has lifted an advisory to avoid recreational activities at a water body in Burrillville while expanding an advisory for Roger Williams…
RIDOH recommends public avoid certain ponds at Roger Williams Park
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with Edgewood Lake, Cunliff Lake, and Elm Lake at Roger Williams Park. RIDOH said the advisory was…
RIDOH, RIDEM recommends public avoid Almy Pond in Newport
NEWPORT, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said that the public should avoid Almy Pond due to a harmful algae blood. The department said the blooms are caused by…
Severe thunderstorm outages continued into weekend, power mostly restored across RI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Thousands of Rhode Islanders were dealing with the aftermath of Thursday's severe storms well into the weekend. ABC6 Anchor Karah…
RIDOH recommends public avoid two bodies of water
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the public should avoid contact with a section of Wenscott Reservoir in North Providence as well as the swimming area at…
Local officials react to passage of Trump tax bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Local officials have been releasing their reactions to the passage of President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" on Thursday. Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed said the bill was a "bad deal" for constituents: Republicans knew this bill…
RIDOH recommends public avoid Slack Reservoir in Smithfield
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are advising people to avoid contact with Slack Reservoir in Smithfield and Johnston due to a harmful algae bloom. The department said the…
Northeast governors, Canadian premiers meeting in Boston on Monday
BOSTON, Mass. (WLNE) -- Massachusetts governor Maura Healey and Rhode Island governor Dan McKee will be among a crowd of ten of their peers in Boston on Monday to discuss current affairs. Healey set up the meeting in May, when…
HNRI and WDC host tour of Pine View Apartments, Exeter's first affordable housing development
EXETER, R.I. (WLNE) -- The Housing Network of Rhode Island and the Women's Development Corporation hosted a tour of Exeter's first affordable housing development on Monday. The Pine View Apartments, located on Pine View Lane, is made up of five…
RIDOH recommends public avoid pond in South Kingstown
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, Mass. (WLNE) -- The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said that the public should avoid a Worden Pond in South Kingstown due to a harmful algae bloom. The department said the blooms…
Neronha, other attorneys general to hold press conference on upcoming lawsuit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) -- Attorney General Peter Neronha announced on Wednesday that he and the attorneys general of California, Illinois and New Jersey will be holding a virtual press conference at 1 p.m. to announce forthcoming legal action. While details…
