Skanska lands $271 million contract to build Coast Guard pier at Naval Station Newport
The new Pier 1 will berth four Offshore Patrol Cutters, the Coast Guard’s newest class of major cutter
Sunday is the last day to register to vote in Newport for the Nov. 3 election
Mail ballot applications are due Oct. 13, early voting starts Oct. 14 at City Hall, with one evening session Oct. 28
Tiverton gets $1 million in federal funding for emergency water line after PFAS contamination
The USDA grant goes to the North Tiverton Fire District to start extending public water to homes with contaminated private wells
Amo opens second Blue Economy tour at REGENT’s new North Kingstown factory
The congressman will spend the coming weeks visiting marine trades, aquaculture, research and manufacturing sites across the First District
Three Newport County ponds among 25 waters getting fall trout stocking
DEM stocks brook and rainbow trout Oct. 2 through Oct. 8, including Stafford Pond and Eight Rod Farm Pond in Tiverton and Upper Melville in Portsmouth
RIPEC: Rhode Island’s state roads rank worst in the nation after a decade focused on bridges
The report finds the state spends $8.40 on capital projects for every $1 on routine maintenance, the widest gap in the country, and faces a $278.9 million shortfall in the state money needed to unlock federal aid
Voter handbook for the November election is out and heading to every Rhode Island household
It covers the three ways to vote and the five statewide bond questions; sample ballots with local races are online
Rhode Island Energy says power restored to all 50,000 customers hit by weekend nor’easter
Crews handled more than 270 tree-related outages, 150 wires-down calls and replaced 20 poles; Scituate, South Kingstown, Cumberland and Coventry were hardest hit
Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor’easter
A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend’s powerful nor’easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island’s southern shore.
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge work moves to daytime for a week starting Oct. 5
One lane will be open eastbound from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 9; night work resumes Oct. 13
Rhode Island seeing elevated rabies activity this year, mostly in raccoons and bats
The state health department says its round-the-clock exposure assessment program spares 1,800 to 2,300 people a year from unnecessary treatment that runs $11,000 to $14,000 a course
Portsmouth sets winter community electricity rates below Rhode Island Energy’s
The default rate of 16.929 cents per kilowatt-hour runs from the November meter read through May; current participants don’t need to do anything
Newport gets $68,000 in FEMA grant for CPR devices
The award is part of nearly $2.7 million to Rhode Island fire departments and first responder agencies this week
State climate council approves $1.5 million spending plan as requests hit $4.1 million
Thirteen agencies sought nearly three times the available funding; URI gets the largest share at $476,312
State readies for weekend nor’easter with heavy rain and wind in the forecast
Rain chances stay above 65% in Newport through Sunday; RIDOT is clearing catch basins and Rhode Island Energy has extra crews on standby
PUC approves $28 million in winter electric bill credits
Rhode Island Energy residential customers get $20.45 a month in January, February and March, on top of about $14 a month starting in October from the PPL settlement
Bicycle ordinances up for final vote Sept. 30, with opposition surfacing to the stormwater fee and a Perrotti Park building
The Castle Hill Neighborhood Association is opposing the proposed stormwater rate structure, and two residents want the harbormaster building plan reconsidered
Naval War College president marks Rhode Island’s role in America 250
Rear Adm. Darryl Walker spent two days in Providence as part of the Navy’s series highlighting each of the original 13 colonies
Portsmouth suing the state over housing laws, citing home rule
The Town Council announces the litigation Thursday at 6 p.m.; the suit challenges the state’s authority over local zoning and land use
$271 million contract awarded to rebuild Pier 1 at Naval Station Newport for Coast Guard cutters
The new pier at Coddington Cove will berth four major cutters; construction and cutter deliveries run through 2030
States file new lawsuits against Trump’s payouts stopping offshore wind
The lawsuits were joined by the attorneys general of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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