There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...

With no portraits of Rhode Island theologian Roger Williams to go by, sculptor based image on the Splendid Splinter ...

While planning a trip to Savannah, Georgia to visit my daughter, Ryan Belmore, WUN publisher, and I mused about possible ...

Enjoy one of the front decks to watch the morning sunrise glisten over Block Island Sound. Deeded easement rights to walk ...

Three of the state’s municipally owned wastewater plants contributed nearly 50 percent of the discharge into Narragansett Bay in 1989, according to a report by Save The Bay, The Jamestown Press ...

Waterbirds have seen a resurgence thanks to Gould Island's private nature, but efforts to open the island to recreation has ...

According to the New England Historical Society, Rhode Island's oldest high school can be traced back to 1800, when Rhode Island’s General Assembly ordered every town to open public schools. While ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Wednesday is Saint Joseph’s Day, a big celebration in Italian culture, and here in Rhode Island, that means one thing: zeppole. Federal Hill bakeries will be buzzing ...

Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a doctor and assistant professor with a visa to work in Rhode Island, was deported to her native Lebanon over the weekend despite an ongoing dispute over her detention by ...

A federal judge has postponed a hearing to allow U.S. Customs and Border officials to respond to allegations they “willfully” disobeyed his order not to deport a Rhode Island doctor until he ...

Despite its status as the smallest state, Rhode Island’s neat division into 39 distinct municipalities was a complicated process that spanned centuries. Some cities were part of the first wave of ...