I love walking around my neighborhood. It's fun to watch the plants starting to bloom in the spring and see vegetable gardens popping up all over. When summer starts, the smell of flowers is amazing! Everywhere you look there are pops of color, and more

By JOHN HOWELL For nearly four hours Monday, area residents told the Department of Environmental Management they won't want, nor do they think Rhode Island should be the "guinea pig" for, a medical waste disposal operation that its proponents say is more

Why do humans seek comfort in consistent rituals like Valentine’s Day? more

Beacon Communications, which publishes the Warwick Beacon, Cranston Herald and Johnston Sun Rise newspapers, has acquired the Coventry-based Reminder, a buyer's guide publication of classifieds and adverts that publishes 28,000 copies weekly. more

By JOHN HOWELL -- Rhode Island politicians responded quickly and candidly to President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, which ran as the third-longest State of the Union in the country's history. more

By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Governor Gina Raimondo delivered her State of the State address from the Rhode Island State House on Tuesday evening, weaving through a long list of topics with one common thread – “Let’s keep going.” more

By THOMAS GREENBERG -- In a national conference call Wednesday morning Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, said that the state officially became an area of more

By JOHN HOWELL -- Before T.F. Green Airport, it was Hillsgrove and now the Rhode Island Airport Corporation is considering changing the name to Rhode Island International Airport. more

By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Contrary to what some may think, Rhode Island does NOT have the worst drivers in the country. However that doesn't mean we're particularly good either. more

Space is cool again, especially in Pawtuxet Village. Scott MacNeill and Jason Major, two self-proclaimed "space nerds," set up their telescopes on the center of the bridge that spans Warwick and … more

At approximately 11:20 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3, residents reported a loud, thunderous, noise. Readers took to social media to report they heard the noise throughout RI and parts of MA, but the cause of the boom is still a mystery … more