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Ex-Okla. rancher teams up with cattle farm to do something 'no one else is doing' in RI
PORTSMOUTH – Who knows, the beef you can purchase from the Slate Hill Cattle Co. might just be the same type of meat that Captain Von Trapp and his "Sound of Music" crew savored at the lakeside family estate in Austria eight decades ago. Dennis Welch, co-owner of Slate Hill, located at Cloverbud...
Update: Excessive heat watch for 9 Massachusetts counties for Tuesday
On Sunday at 11:08 a.m. an updated excessive heat watch was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Tuesday between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Southern Worcester as well as Franklin, Middlesex, Essex, Hampshire, Hampden, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol and Plymouth counties. The weather service comments, "Dangerously hot conditions...
Dangerous heat expected to return early next week
Stay weather aware over the next few days here in New England. Flooding and dangerous heat are the two big weather stories we’re tracking. Flash flooding will be a concern for parts of the Southern New England through Saturday. In fact, a Flood Watch is in effect from late...
Nursing Home Owners Who Used Unlicensed Nursing Assistants Donated $40K in Political Contributions
A nursing home that has been fined more than $124,000 by federal regulators over the past three years and has seen its administrator reprimanded for violations continues to make political donations to top Rhode Island politicians. Campaign contributions were made to two top elected officials as an investigation was proceeding.
Despite best efforts by officers and paramedics, Bristol County man dies from self-inflicted stab wounds
A Massachusetts man is dead after self-inflicted wounds. According to Ronald A. Sellon, Jr., Chief of Police, at just after 3:15 a.m., the South Eastern Massachusetts Regional 911 Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a man threatening to kill himself inside of a home on Monahan Lane in Mansfield. The caller, a woman inside the house, reported that the man, known to her, was not threatening anyone other than himself.
Addiction experts on why overdose deaths are falling, how one artist carves scrimshaw on plastic trash pulled from the sea, and more
For years, the number of people dying of drug overdoses was on the rise nationwide and in Rhode Island. Then, there was a push to change that, specifically by introducing the life-saving drug Narcan. Last year, the number of people overdosing actually dropped. We look deeper into those figures. Also, we get an update on the week in politics with Ian Donnis, and Mike Szostak shares his favorite summer sports reads. Plus, the New Bedford Whaling Museum has a new exhibit of scrimshaw, not on whalebone, but on plastic trash recovered from the ocean.
Unclaimed $10K winning lotto ticket sold at Harrisville L’il General set to expire
BURRILLVILLE – An unclaimed $10,000 winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Burrillville is soon set to expire, and Rhode Island Lottery officials are sounding the alarm bells in hopes to find the lucky winner. The winning ticket was purchased at the Li’l General at 485 Chapel St. in Harrisville....
Florence Gray Center Getting Post-Pandemic Facelift
The Newport Housing Authority, in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Newport County, recently received $2.9 million from the City of Newport and the Town of Middletown to renovate the Florence Gray Center. The funding came from the Community Learning Centers Municipal Grant, part of the state’s Pandemic...
DEM officers say 15% of those who fish RI waters do so without proper license
Fishing can be a wonderful way to enjoy spending time with family and friends or just appreciating our beautiful Ocean State. But there are rules everyone must follow, and some people are tasked with enforcing those rules. “We have about 85 present compliance. That means 15 percent of saltwater anglers we check are fishing without a license. Many of these are first-time offenders and often are not aware of our license law,” said Lt. Jeffrey Mercer of...
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