RI officials prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna (FOX Providence)

5 September 2008, 5:50 am

Emergency officials in Rhode Island are making preparations as tropical weather continues barreling toward the Atlantic Coast.... read more

Real estate firm reports decline in RI home prices (Boston Globe)

4 September 2008, 3:17 pm

The median home price in Rhode Island is showing its sharpest decline in at least 19 years.... read more

RI man gets life without parole for woman's murder (Boston Globe)

4 September 2008, 3:16 pm

A man has been given the harshest sentence allowable under Rhode Island law for strangling a woman in his home two years ago.... read more

First increase in 17 months for RI single-family house sales (The Providence Journal)

4 September 2008, 2:44 pm

The Warren Group of Boston reports today that Rhode Island's single-family house sales rose 3.6 percent in July from a year earlier, marking the first increase in 17 months.... read more

Trial to begin over mercury storage, spill in RI (KXAN 36 Austin)

4 September 2008, 1:36 pm

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A jury has been seated today in the trial of a Texas gas company accused of illegally storing mercury in a vacant building in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.... read more

Utility seeks lower gas rates for RI customers (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

4 September 2008, 10:28 am

National Grid is seeking to lower its natural gas rates by 4.6 percent for Rhode Island customers following a recent drop in the price of fuel.... read more