Officials say MedRecycleRI provided insufficient data to DEM for an air pollution permit By Hope McKinney The town has filed duel appeals of an air pollution permit issued by the Department of Environmental Management for a medical recycling facility attempting to...
Above: R.I. Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green (center) talks about how schools will reopen this fall. Pool photo: Kris Craig / Providence Journal By Hope McKinney On Wednesday, there were 66 new positive cases, for a total of 15,756 cases. There were 4...
By Hope McKinney There were 97 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 65 new cases on Sunday. On Monday, there were only 51 new cases, for a total of 15,642 cases. There were 10 deaths, bringing the death toll to 799 people. The number of hospitalizations has dropped...
As many as 10,000 flooded downtown in a noisy but peaceful demonstration By Hope McKinney Thousands of protesters dressed in black, faces clad in masks, and carrying signs flooded into downtown Providence Friday afternoon for the Protect Black Lives protest. It was...
Above: Dr. James McDonald of the Dept. of Health at Thursday's press conference, He talked about how the virus has shown us how interdependent we all are. By Hope McKinney There were 100 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, for a total of 15,325, and there were 14 new...
Above: Gov. Gina Raimondo at her Wednesday afternoon daily coronavirus press conference at the Veteran's Auditorium, with Brett Smiley from Dept. of Administration. Pool photo: Kris Craig / Providence Journal By Hope McKinney There were 107 new cases of COVID-19 in...
Above: Gov. Gina Raimondo gives the daily COVID-19 update from the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Monday with, left, Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the state Dept. of Health. Pool photo: Kris Craig / Providence Journal By Hope McKinney On the first day of Phase 2,...
Above: Denise Emery, Jeff Ferland and Robert Rhault bring happy birthday wishes to their mother/grandmother. Phase 2 is scheduled to begin Monday; Gov. Raimondo was also questioned about racism at Friday's new conference By Hope McKinney On Friday, there were 122 new...
Above: Health Department's Dr. James McDonald said Thursday he's hoping for a vaccine but to let "the science be the science and the process be the process." Guidelines continue to roll out for Phase 2, which starts Monday By Hope McKinney On Wednesday, there were 124...
Above: The proposed medical recycler at 1600 Division Road sits in West Warwick but is only accessible through East Greenwich. By Hope McKinney At a virtual Town Council meeting Tuesday night, councilors and a couple of residents weighed in on a medical waste...
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