(NEXSTAR) — When you think of the heart of Rhode Island, you probably think of Providence, or maybe Narragansett Bay. If you think of the former, you aren’t that far off. Since the first census in ...

CRANSTON – For the first time in more than 15 years, Rhode Island's prison population is rising, and state corrections officials expect it to continue growing over the next decade. After the number of ...

PROVIDENCE – July Lewis of Save The Bay sees seals as an indicator of environmental health, so she was encouraged when her organization recently counted 755 in Rhode Island waters. "It tells us the ...

Rhode Island is fighting a national battle against opioid addiction — a battle that has no boundaries and threatens every family, every neighborhood, every race, and rich and poor. The growing drug ...

Bald eagles have long been a presence in the nation's imagery, but it wasn’t until recently that Rhode Islanders could see them in the sky. “The bald eagle population [in Rhode Island] is growing ...

The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau released last month show that Rhode Island’s population increased by 1,207 people from July 2012 to July 2013 — the first increase in nearly a decade.