WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Westerly are looking into making the serving of beer while at the beach permanent.

The town last summer allowed restaurants and bars to serve beer along...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Authorities continue to investigate the death of a man in a fire at a Westerly home last weekend.

The victim of the Saturday night fire was identified by police as...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — The state Department of Health lifted a a boil-water advisory in Westerly on Wednesday.

Health officials said tests have showed an absence of bacteria in the Westerly...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) _ Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) on Monday reported third-quarter net income of $18.3 million.

The Westerly, Rhode Island-based bank said it had earnings of $1.06...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The victim of a weekend car crash in Rhode Island has been identified as a Massachusetts man.

Justin Viera, 30, of New Bedford was driving on U.S. Route 1 in...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — One of Westerly's most recognizable landmarks is available for any qualified organization willing to take care of it.

The U.S. Coast Guard wrote to the state Historical...

WESTERLY R.I. (AP) — Police said Friday that they caught two people red-handed trying to vandalize a statue of Christopher Columbus in Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mosquito-borne disease eastern equine encephalitis has been detected in Rhode Island for the first time this season, state environmental officials said...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A piping plover chick taken by vacationers from a Rhode Island beach died at a wildlife center on Cape Cod, despite efforts to save it.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) _ Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $21 million.

The Westerly, Rhode Island-based bank said it had earnings of $1.21 per...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A 75-year-old Rhode Island woman who was seriously injured when she was struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk earlier this month has died, police said.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Westerly has received a nearly $71,000 grant that will allow the Rhode Island town to address a frequently cited goal of recreation officials — to develop more...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) _ Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $11.9 million.

The bank, based in Westerly, Rhode Island, said it had earnings of 68...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island town has settled lawsuits brought by five reserve police officers who objected to what they said was the illegal and unauthorized deduction of union dues from...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Express lanes will be installed at the parking lots at some of Rhode Island's state beaches, according to state environmental officials.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's House of Representatives has passed a bill to require gun sellers to send firearm purchase applications to police departments where the buyer lives, not just...

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with killing his cousin in Rhode Island during a dispute over a woman has waived rendition and been held on $1 million bond.

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with killing his cousin in Rhode Island is heading to court Monday to face a fugitive from justice charge.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man accused of shooting and killing his cousin in Rhode Island has been arrested, according to police.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) _ Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) on Monday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $15.5 million.

The Westerly, Rhode Island-based bank said it had earnings of 89 cents...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Police are looking for a Connecticut man they say shot and killed his cousin in Rhode Island.

Louis Seignious Jr., 31, of Norwich, Connecticut, shot 28-year-old Vincent...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A card that gun purchasers must show weapons retailers in Rhode Island to prove they have a basic understanding of gun safety is not being tracked, an investigation found....

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man who police say fatally shot one woman and wounded two others before killing himself left behind a note apologizing for the “mess” he made, police...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's top Democrats agree on the need to strengthen the state's gun laws, though their approaches differ.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In the wake of a shooting at an affordable housing complex, Rhode Island's Attorney General wants firearm purchase applications to be submitted to police departments where...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — The man who opened fire in a Rhode Island affordable housing complex lied on the application to purchase the firearm used in the shooting, according to information released...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — Speed may have been a factor in a crash in Charlestown on New Year's Eve that took the life of a local man, police announced Thursday.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A woman who was critically injured in a shooting at a Rhode Island apartment complex is moving out of the intensive care unit at a Connecticut hospital.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A woman who was critically injured in a shooting at a Rhode Island apartment complex that left two dead and one other person wounded is steadily improving at a Connecticut...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — The man who opened fire at a Rhode Island affordable housing complex, killing one woman and injuring two others, obtained the weapon used in the shooting just two days...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A memorial service is planned for the victim of a housing complex shooting in Rhode Island that injured two others.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island man who killed a woman and injured two others before killing himself at a housing complex on Thursday had threatened gun violence years ago.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Community College of Rhode Island is proposing a $63 million general revenue bond to renovate its aging campuses.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation are visiting small businesses to encourage residents to shop local this holiday season.

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Police have released the name of the woman who died in a fall down the stairs of a Rhode Island bar last week.

Westerly police say 31-year-old Traci Kiriakou, of...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A pedestrian has been struck and seriously injured by a car in Rhode Island.

Police in Westerly say the woman was struck on Post Road near the Aquastar Inn at around 7...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) _ Washington Trust Bancorp Inc. (WASH) on Monday reported third-quarter profit of $18.8 million.

The Westerly, Rhode Island-based bank said it had earnings of $1.08 per...

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island teenager who caused a wrong-way crash that killed three people and injured three others on Interstate 95 in Connecticut was driving with a suspended...

NORTH STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Records show the license of the teenage driver accused in a crash that killed three people, including the driver, was suspended.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — A man accused of killing another man in a Rhode Island parking lot in 2017 has been sentenced to serve seven years in prison.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has announced that mosquitoes trapped recently tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island health officials say a resident has died from eastern equine encephalitis, the state's first fatal human case of the mosquito-borne virus since 2007.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials say they have scheduled anti-mosquito spraying for Sunday in four areas of the state where eastern equine encephalitis has been...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island officials have confirmed a fourth finding of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis and the first finding of West Nile...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials say a Rhode Island man has tested positive for the potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis.