Air Quality Alert: Unhealthy Ozone Levels Expected in Parts of RI Sunday
GoLocalProv News Team
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) forecasts that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels due to elevated ground-level ozone on Sunday, June 22, 2025, during the afternoon and continuing into the late evening. Fine particles from wildfire smoke are expected to reach MODERATE statewide.
The Nature Conservancy’s Remarkable New Acquisition
GoLocalProv News Team
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced that it has acquired two properties in central Hopkinton, boosting the protection of... Read More
The Perfect Reuse - From Sunken Crane to Art
GoLocalProv News Team
The story of recycling is often amorphous. One buys a can of soda and then throws it in a recycling bin and hopes it is... Read More
In Deepwater: Did Whitehouse Lobby for Wife’s Company? This Story Was First Published May 3, 2010
Beverly Ford, GoLocalProv Correspondent, and Stephen Beale, GoLocalProv News Editor
EDITOR’S NOTE: The story below was broken by GoLocal in May of 2010, during its first week of operation. The story is... Read More
After “Toxic Drilling Fluid Leak” in RI, Lawmakers & Enviros Urge Halt to Gas Pipeline Expansion
GoLocalProv News Team
Citing a “toxic drilling fluid leak” in Rhode Island last month, environmental groups - and lawmakers - are urging... Read More
Sims Metal Makes Fourth Major Investment in Green Initiatives in RI
GoLocalProv News Team
Sims Metal, a global leader in metal recycling, announced it has purchased two electric forklifts to continue progressing... Read More
MA and RI Announce Offshore Wind Project - RI’s Share Is 7% of Production
GoLocalProv Business Team
Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced Friday the selection of 2,878 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind in the first... Read More
Gasoline Tanker Overturned on Allens Ave Ramp to I-95, Unknown Amount Leaked
GoLocalProv News Team
Saturday at 6:00 pm, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Office of Emergency Response was... Read More
Neronha Issued 2 Licenses to RI Recycled Metals After April Fire, Lawyer Says Facility May Reopen
GoLocalProv News Team
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, after last Wednesday’s fire at Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM), sought... Read More
UPDATED: Judge Orders RI Recycled Metals Closed for Short-Term, Company Claims Victory Over AG
GoLocalProv News Team
Superior Court Judge Brian Stern issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to keep Rhode Island Recycled Metals — the... Read More
UPDATED: RI Recycled Metals Closed Until Further Notice
GoLocalProv News Team
Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM) is closed until a court hearing expected to be held tentatively on Friday before... Read More