Vermont's largest coronavirus outbreak in a prison has grown to 128 inmates and 10 staff members at the the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport, Corrections Commissioner Jim Baker said...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 at the Vermont state prison in Newport has grown to 100 inmates and eight staff members, making it the largest outbreak at a Vermont correctional...

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has been arrested for allegedly damaging graves and taking grave markers from a Middletown cemetery.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A new addiction treatment center is opening in the town of St. Johnsbury next month.

The Caledonian Record reports that SaVida Health, which has an office in...

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JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority is launching a four-week pilot program to test the feasibility of expanding its electronic toll collection on the Newport Pell...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Organizers of the Newport St. Patrick’s Day parade are looking at postponing this year's event until September since it looks increasingly unlikely it can go on in...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A group of people in the northern Vermont city of Newport are looking for a way to save an 81-year-old grandstand in a city park from being demolished.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The archives of several historic Rhode Island newspapers have been digitized and are now freely available for researchers, the Providence Public Library and the Rhode...

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man convicted of killing his stepmother in 2000 when he was 17-years-old wants to be his own lawyer when facing allegations he violated his...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Breakers mansion in Newport is offering free admission this weekend to all employees of police and fire departments in Newport County, as well as employees of Newport...

CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) — A new historical marker commemorates the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Claremont during his 13-month “Farewell Tour" of 25 states between 1824 and 1825.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The First Day Hike tradition is continuing in Rhode Island for 2021, but with several changes because of the coronavirus pandemic, state environmental officials...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A fatal fire in a Newport apartment on Christmas night was caused by an unattended frying pan heating on a stove, Vermont state fire investigators said Wednesday....

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Navy and federal environmental agencies have agreed to the cleanup and environmental remediation of the former Carr Point shooting range in Rhode Island.

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — Young adults in the Newport area who need mental health help have a new resource.

Newport Mental Health’s new Young Adult Center in Middletown opened earlier this...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's largest hospital group has received its first 4,200 doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.

Lifespan's Rhode Island Hospital received about 3,000 doses...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — A 19-year-old woman was killed in a single-car car crash early Saturday morning in Newport, police said.

The woman was one of five people in a car that crashed around...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A man accused of driving the getaway car in a shooting and alleged hostage-taking in Newport City last week that a judge called “straight out of the movies” is now facing drug...

NEWPORT, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire health officials say an adult in Newport has tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus, the fifth case of the mosquito-borne disease in the state this year....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A retired Navy officer has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

Lt. Cdr. Ronald Zenga, a retired pilot who was stationed at the Naval War College in Newport,...

Vermont Department of Corrections staff should have done more to help an inmate who complained repeatedly that he could not breathe and their response was insufficient to keep the man from dying...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont city of Newport has closed one of its parks after deciding not to spend money this year on needed repairs.

The city is instead going to focus on rebuilding...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) _ Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (PANL) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $7.6 million.

On a per-share basis, the Newport, Rhode Island-based company said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Federal Air Marshal employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraudulently collecting nearly a quarter of a million dollars in government disability benefits while owning...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — The state of Vermont is looking for a location for a new courthouse in the city of Newport.

The plan is to replace the existing Vermont Superior Court building on Main...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A Newport woman has been sentenced to six months of home detention for running over a woman in a parking lot with her van last year.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's largest hospital group announced Monday it is suspending most visits in response to a rising number of coronavirus cases in the state.

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — A tour boat will be providing free trips on Lake Memphremagog to cancer patients and their families next spring.

Floating Grace, an electric-powered 22-foot Duffy, will...

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam title winner Lleyton Hewitt led the fan voting for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 and will get a bonus of 3% added to his tally from...

NEWPORT CITY, Vt. (AP) — Quebec officials are asking Vermont to notify them of any contamination in a cross-border lake following reports of a sewage leak in September.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The Newport Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing for next month on the proposed demolition of buildings on a city wharf where toxic chemicals have been...

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — The first season allowing all-terrain vehicles on the streets of the northern Vermont city went well, the police chief said.

NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — The northern Vermont ski resort that was involved in the largest fraud cases in the state’s history is challenging its multimillion-dollar property tax bill.

Oct. 4

1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in Newport, R.I.

Oct. 4

1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in Newport, R.I.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls, with first-place votes, records, and total points:

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s largest airport is going to be getting more than $6.3 million in federal funding for safety and infrastructure updates.

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy fishing with his father and brother drowned over the weekend after slipping on the rocks and falling into the ocean at a Rhode Island park, state officials...

Aug. 31

1881 — The first U.S. men’s single tennis championships begin at the Newport Casino, in Newport, Rhode Island.

1895 — The first professional football game is played at Latrobe,...

Aug. 30

1887 — Seven U.S. men’s national tennis championships and Richard Sears captures his seventh title. Sears beats Henry Slocum, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 at the Newport Casino in Newport, R.I....

Aug. 22

1851 — The U.S. wins the first international yacht race. The schooner America beats 14 British yachts.

1885 — Richard Sears beats Godfrey M. Brinley, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 to win...