Bleachers and Jeff Tweedy at Newport Folk Festival, photo by Dean Budnick The Newport Festivals Foundation has officially ...

Mark those calendars folk music fans, tickets for the 2026 Newport Folk Festival are going on sale at 1 p.m. on Feb. 4.

Two people were rushed to the hospital after a house fire broke out in Newport early Sunday morning.

NEWPORT, R.I. – One of the few historic, but still privately-owned, Newport mansions has hit the market for $22 million. Known as “Champ Soleil,” the 5-plus acre estate at 601 Bellevue Ave. was built ...