Company to pay fine stemming from Maine propane explosion
MANCHESTER, Maine (AP) — The owner of a company that installed safety posts outside a Maine building that was destroyed in a deadly propane explosionRead More
Maine ag commissioner wants to loosen rules of shipping meat
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s agriculture commissioner has called on the federal government to loosen the rules about the interstate shipping of meat during theRead More
US northern border illegal crossings rise; many are Mexicans
SWANTON, Vt. (AP) — The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing from Canada into the United States along its northern border has nearly tripledRead More
Rhode Island face covering order takes effect
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo’s executive order requiring face coverings for most people when they are in public places to help slow theRead More
Dog walker finds nails in hot dog pieces scattered on lawns in R.I.
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A dog walker found nails in cut-up pieces of hot dogs scattered across some lawns in Rhode Island, police said. TheRead More
Juvenile detention center workers call for more precautions
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Workers at Connecticut’s juvenile detention centers are calling on state judicial officials to improve precautions against the coronavirus, after employees andRead More
Governor says Rhode Island on track to reopen; 2 veterans die
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has met several benchmarks that Gov. Gina Raimondo said Thursday will allow her to lift the state’s stay-at-home orderRead More
Maine buying virus tests to triple capacity; plant reopens
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The state has partnered with a Maine-based company to buy enough of its coronavirus testing kits to more than triple theRead More
New walk up testing clinic opens in Providence, RI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A new walk-up coronavirus testing site is opening in Providence on Thursday. The site is located in the parking lot ofRead More
Reward offered for info leading to arrest of person who put nails in hot dogs in RI
The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of theRead More