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Cross contamination reported at state drug lab
More than 50 criminal drug tests at the state’s drug lab may be the subject of cross contamination involving cocaine, the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office announced Friday afternoon. The incident was reported to the AG’s office by the state’s Department of Health on March 14. The disclosure comes after health officials held a routine […]
Another one rides the bus: Commuter transit returning to Foster
Since 2006, if residents from the rural town of Foster wanted to rely on public transit to get to Providence, they’d have to travel to nearby Scituate in order to catch a ride. “[Having the bus is] a resource for a town which is otherwise pretty much shut off from civilization,” said Republican House Minority […]
Turnpike & Bridge Authority moves to prevent incorrect plate violations
More Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority staff will have access to Department of Motor Vehicles software to resolve toll violations charged to wrong vehicles
R.I. Supreme Court orders auto shop owner’s concealed carry reinstated
The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that Attorney General Peter Neronha must renew Finest Car Wash & Auto Repair owner Peter Montaquila’s permit after it was denied following an incident at his store in 2020.
Sentencing delayed for former 6/10 construction project supervisor
The sentencing of a former superintendent of the state’s ongoing $410 million Route 6/10 renovations will have to wait another day, a spokesperson for the U.S. Justice Department said. A department spokesperson said no new sentencing date had been scheduled for Dennis Ferreira, a former employee of Barletta Heavy Division, Inc., a Massachusetts company responsible […]
$3.5 million in renovations coming to T.F. Green for Breeze expansion
WARWICK — The corporation that operates Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport will reimburse Breeze Airways $3.5 million to expand its base of operations and create the first permanent hub in the airport’s history. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation’s (RIAC) board of directors unanimously approved the funding March 9 to allow the airliner to pay […]