Two young figure skaters and their mothers died when an American Airlines plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington D.C. Wednesday.

A Rhode Island couple welcomed the birth of their beautiful quadruplet baby girls at a Valley hospital several days ago.

A Trump administration order to pause federal spending on Tuesday led to bureaucratic bedlam in Rhode Island and across the country as state government officials tried to assess the local impact of suddenly turning off federal spigots.

PROVIDENCE – For the first time in Rhode Island, Providence is on track to add a designated LGBTQ+ landmark to the National Register of Historic Places.

Rhode Island has 135,978 public school students this academic year compared to 136,154 last year. The comparison to pre-pandemic times is starker, with enrollment dropping 5.27% since the 2019-2020 school year.

The global energy company Shell has completed the acquisition of a power plant located just outside of Providence, which the company says will help solidify its presence as a supplier of electricity in the region.

The Classical High School gym has a leaky roof and rickety bleachers but it pulses with Purple pride after a banner year.

Here are five rinks in Rhode Island to skate at this winter. Located in the heart of downtown Providence is BankNewport City Center's Providence Rink, an outdoor winter sports venue that offers both ice skating and ice bumper cars against a backdrop of the city skyline. The rink was recently renovated.

Below are the 15 most expensive ZIP codes in Rhode Island.

Frank Karpinski, the executive director of Rhode Island Employees' Retirement System, Providence, will retire at the end of this fiscal year, after three decades at at the $11.5 billion pension fund. The pension fund’s fiscal year ends June 30.

While the memo from the Trump administration to freeze federal funds has been rescinded, the actions and intent have not, writes the president and CEO of United Way of Rhode Island.