Gyms and fitness studios will be subject to new rules when they're allowed to reopen Monday as part of the state’s second phase of resuming its economy from the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gina...
Rhode Island is eyeing a broad reopening of its virus-shuttered economy starting June 1.
Hair salons and barbershops, gyms and fitness studios, and a range of outdoor venues will be allowed...
Rhode Island communities are making plans to open local beaches shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic as Memorial Day weekend approaches.
Newport's City Manager Joseph Nicholson said this...
Rhode Island introduced a smartphone app Tuesday that state officials say could help public health workers trace the contacts of COVID-19 patients and connect them to testing and other...
Rhode Island is continuing to emerge from its pandemic-induced slumber, as some restaurants began offering outdoor dining Monday and Gov. Gina Raimondo announced that two state beaches will reopen...
A popular Rhode Island beach town is considering openly ignoring the state’s coronavirus restrictions as the traditional Memorial Day start of the summer season approaches, but Gov. Gina Raimondo...
Rhode Islanders will soon be able to dine al fresco again.
Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Monday that the state will allow restaurants to offer limited outdoor dining starting May...
NORTHFIELD, N.H. (AP) — It’s one of the many cruelties of the pandemic: Many people hospitalized with COVID-19 are cut off from loved ones who are not allowed to visit them, for fear of the...
Rhode Island is rolling out an aggressive coronavirus testing program that Gov. Gina Raimondo said Wednesday will help stamp out future outbreaks of the disease.
Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday she still hopes to lift Rhode Island's stay-at-home order in about a week, even though the daily number of new coronavirus cases in the state only appears to have...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo said Monday her goal is still to lift the state's stay-at-home order on May 8 and the next day start a “slow and methodical and careful" economic...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island announced 13 additional deaths from the coronavirus Friday, bringing the total number of reported deaths in the state to 202.
Brown University has made available at no cost 700 single-occupancy dorm rooms for frontline Rhode Island workers who need a safe place to stay during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gina Raimondo...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is creating a network of college dorm rooms and cut-price hotel rooms for people who need to remain quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gina...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's death toll in the coronavirus pandemic has risen by six to 49 fatalities, Gov. Gina Raimondo said Friday, acknowledging the state is “totally overwhelmed” by...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's governor said Thursday that the state nearly doubled its coronavirus testing over the past week, and she announced tough new restrictions aimed at slowing...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo on Tuesday extended to May 8 a series of executive orders meant to keep Rhode Islanders at home during the pandemic.
A rapid virus testing site opened in Rhode Island on Monday and the state is launching a new federal jobless benefits program while shuttering more courthouses.
PROVIDENCE R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has nearly 600 cases of the coronavirus, up about 80 from Tuesday, state officials said Wednesday.
Two more people have also died of COVID-19, raising the...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — School children in Rhode Island will continue distance learning through at least the end of April as the state grapples with the growing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gina...
WESTERLY, RI (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine...
BOSTON (AP) — States are pulling back the welcome mat for travelers from the New York area, which is the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, but some say at least one state’s measures...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island National Guard will go door to door in coastal communities starting Saturday to ask people if they are visiting from New York and informing them of Rhode...
Rhode Island is poised to receive about $1.25 billion in federal aid to help bolster state finances.
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed also said Wednesday that the $2 trillion economic stimulus plan...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is the latest state to move its presidential primary in response to the new coronavirus.
Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Monday that the state will move its...