Local officials gathered at the Johnston Municipal Court Tuesday evening for a special town council meeting to discuss and ...

The attorneys general of Rhode Island and Massachusetts joined four colleagues from other states Tuesday in filing a federal ...

Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena has proposed ending the construction of low-income housing for a new public safety municipal ...

Naval Station Newport will begin a two-week security exercise. The drills, known as Exercise Citadel Shield and Exercise Solid Curtain 2025, will run through February 14. These exercises bring ...

JOHNSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Johnston’s town council has voted unanimously to begin the process of eminent domain to acquire land ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Maine rocked New England on Monday morning, shaking homes from Boston to Cranston ...

The vast diversity of Native American groups probably isn't something you covered all that in-depth in your U.S. history ...

After pledging to “use all the power of government” to fight an affordable housing project, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr ...

After years of oppressive British policies which stifled commerce in Narragansett Bay and surrounding communities, the Colony of R.I. and Providence Plantations renounced allegiance to the Crown on ...

The bus hit the building on the 6200 block of Rhode Island Avenue in Riverdale at 6:22 a.m. Friday. Officials believe the ...