Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing of a move and suggested the ...

The assistant attorney general who was recorded during an altercation with police outside a Newport restaurant on Aug. 14 is being placed on unpaid leave, according to WPRI-TV CBS 12.  Devon Flanagan, ...

PBN is excited to announce that applications are now open for the our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Awards! These ...

AstroNova Inc. has a new CEO and president and entered into an agreement with an activist investor to end a proxy fight.  Jorik E. Ittmann, who joined AstroNova in 2024 as vice president of commercial ...

A R.I. State Police raid that allegedly netted fentanyl and crack cocaine on Aug. 7 didn’t take place at a criminal hangout; it happened at a Cranston house that serves as a day care facility licensed ...

Staring down an estimated $1.1 million budget gap resulting from congressional defunding, Rhode Island’s recently merged public media entity is cutting staff — first on a volunteer basis, and later, ...

The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island continued to climb in July, rising 2% from a year earlier to $505,000, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors said Thursday.  Sales in ...

Growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, Stacey Watson didn’t see herself in the characters of the books she read. Now 28, she wants to be a book editor who helps promote a more diverse ...

A 1,400-square-foot beachfront home that was built in 1973 recently sold for $2.5 million, according to Mott & Chace ...

A newly constructed 4,200-square-foot home in the coveted Coggeshall Avenue neighborhood recently sold for $3.45 million, according to Hogan Associates Christie’s International Real Estate, which ...

Trinity Repertory Company’s longtime artistic director will have his final curtain call next fall. The local performing arts organization announced Wednesday that Curt Columbus, who has been Trinity ...

Do supply problems and state decarbonization goals warrant an end to new natural gas connections on Aquidneck Island? State regulators are asking Newport residents to weigh in at a 6 p.m. meeting ...