Providence news and community updates

3+ hour, 31+ min ago  (74+ words) Providence officials said the goal is to open at least one lane of traffic on all side streets by the end of Wednesday. Gov. Dan McKee's office confirmed the guard is coming to help the effort. Providence officials said the…...

16+ hour, 2+ min ago  (148+ words) (WJAR) " As Providence residents living on side streets express their frustration over the cleanup effort, Mayor Brett Smiley says there is some additional help starting on Wednesday. Smiley says there are 20 additional vendors that will start cleaning up the city....

19+ hour, 30+ min ago  (318+ words) Providence's roster has been thinned a bit of late by injuries and suspensions. Forward Duncan Powell was getting almost 20 minutes per game and averaging 4.9/3.1/0.8, but he's benched by the league indefinitely until he deals with that hair situation. The only…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (189+ words) Monday's Blizzard of '26 dumped more than 3 feet of snow in many portions of Rhode Island, and well over 30 inches in parts of Massachusetts. The National Weather Service has updated the latest snowfall totals since Monday night. Here are the top…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (336+ words) Rhode Island's total travel ban will end at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 24, Gov. Dan McKee announced during a press conference. The total travel ban had been in effect since 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge, the Mount Hope Bridge,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (552+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. " Numerous records were shattered across New England from a powerful nor'easter that bared down on the Northeast on Monday, but the smallest state in the U.S. set a jaw-dropping new record for its recorded snowfall totals." Roughly 36 inches of fresh…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (221+ words) The Rhode Island Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here's a look at Feb. 23, 2026, results for each game: 05-11-23-29-47, Powerball: 06, Power Play: 2 Prizes less than $600 can be claimed at any Rhode Island Lottery Retailer. Prizes of…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (100+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. " The city of Providence has beat the record amount of snowfall, surpassing The Great Blizzard of 1978. As of Monday afternoon, the blizzard had dumped a record number of 32.8 inches of snow, making it the worst snowstorm to ever hit…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (143+ words) Preview the Feb 25 matchup between the Providence Friars and Xavier Musketeers with how to watch, tv channel info, predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more. The Xavier Musketeers (13-14, 5-11 Big East) will look to stop a seven-game road losing…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (715+ words) A powerful storm with "peak blizzard conditions" pummeled Rhode Island Sunday into Monday, Feb. 22 to 23. Forecasters had predicted the storm'could rival the Blizzard of '78, and preliminary snow totals suggested that was likely. More than 20 inches of snow had fallen in…...