Rhode Island Energy is set to raise electric rates this winter because of climbing wholesale prices, but is taking steps to ease the bill impact.

Without having to cast a vote, Rhode Island's part-time lawmakers in the General Assembly got a 2.9% pay raise. Their annual salaries went up by $574.70 on July 1, from $19,817.27 up to $20,391.97.

"Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at 102 years young," McKaela Larson, Papa Jake's granddaughter, wrote in ...

Two motorcyclists were hurt, one with potentially life-threatening injuries, in a hit-and-run crash late Sunday night in Providence.

In recent years, it's become much easier for retired first responders to convert their regular pensions into higher paying ...

The Lonsdale Sports Arena, a one-third-mile car racetrack, opened months before NASCAR began, and NASCAR founder Bill France ...