By: Tim Studebaker Facebook: @TStudebakerABC6 Twitter: @TStudebakerABC6 Email: tstudebaker@abc6.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – State biologists have long thought that if they looked around enough, eventually…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Everyone is noticing the soaring gas prices. But- if it feels particularly high in Southern New England you're not wrong. According to GasBuddy, Rhode Island currently has the…
By: Tim Studebaker Facebook: @TStudebakerABC6 Twitter: @TStudebakerABC6 Email: tstudebaker@abc6.com NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WLNE) – A new multi-agency report on sea level rise is…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) - Rhode Island's state-wide mask or proof of vax mandate has been lifted Friday, following Governor Dan McKee's announcement earlier this week. https://twitter.com/oliviadarocha/status/1491481606313414662?s=20&t=t7lnVzFGPa-lhSpyWv2ItA McKee said that the decision was made after…
CES Press Release PROVIDENCE, RI (February 4, 2022) – Hurricane season is arriving early in New England this year as four-time world champion and living legend Jaime…
Four local basketball players took part again in the National Prep School Invitational at Rhode Island College Friday. Pawtucket's Isaiah Miranda, Providence's Alvin Baez, former Hendricken Hawk…
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Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island state leaders gave a briefing on the snow storm at 9:30am. You can watch a recording here:
Bishop Hendricken alum Xavier Truss became the first Rhode Island native to win a national championship in football since the 1930s when his Georgia Bulldogs beat Alabama…
https://twitter.com/IanSteeleABC6/status/1483515776850038785?s=20 National Sports Media Association Press Release WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 18, 2022) – The late Stuart Scott, who attended high school in Winston-Salem, is among the…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Foundation announced that nonprofits on the frontlines of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for $4.5 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funding. The grants will range from $25,000 to…
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Block Island, RI- Block Island's new wind farm system has taken a long 5 years of pitching and planning. Now with the plan finally finished, and construction planned for 2022, diesel powered engines need to be used for the time…
PROVIDENCE R.I. (WLNE)- The Pawtucket Police Department is searching for a missing dog that was inside of a car that was stolen on Sunday. https://twitter.com/oliviadarocha/status/1452684559095631875 The car was recovered hours later about 90…
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (WLNE) – Rhode Island leaders are firing back at Senator Ted Cruz after he proposed to ship all immigrants at the Southern border to “Democrat-led communities”, many, in parts of…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Governor Dan McKee officially summitted a plan for immediate investments into Rhode Island's families, workers, and small businesses Thursday. "Rhode Island is the only state in the northeast that has not…
University of Rhode Island Press Release KINGSTON, R.I. – For the second time in as many games, Rhode…
WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) -- Big plans are in the works for the Rhode Island TF Green International Airport as it passes its 90th anniversary. From now to 2040, the airport corporation plans…
University of Rhode Island Press Release KINGSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island's ascent through the national rankings continued despite having a bye over the weekend, as the Rams cracked…
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. (WLNE)- Three-time Olympian and Rhode Island native Elizabeth Beisel made history on Saturday, after successfully swimming from Matunuck Beach to Block Island. Beisel, a silver medalist and 2016 Team USA Captain,…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Staffing shortages are now hitting the state’s largest hospital-- Rhode Island Hospital. Officials with Lifespan say part of the emergency department at the Rhode Island Hospital called the C-pod…
New Shoreham, RI (WLNE) - The United States Geological Survey confirms that a 2.6 magnitude earthquake happened early Sunday off the coast of Rhode Island. The quake was centered 43 kilometers (about 27 miles) SSE of Block Island. It happened…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- Cities and towns throughout the Ocean State are holding memorial events this weekend, remembering those who lost their lives during the attacks on September 11, 2001. The following…
