Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sakonnet River Bridge is a step closer to a new name. A similar bill sponsored by Sen. Walter Felag was passed by the Senate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Family and platoon mates of the late Staff Sgt. Christopher Potts, a Tiverton resident and Rhode Island National Guardsman killed ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Part of the short-lived toll collection system used on the Sakonnet River Bridge could soon become a hand-me-down. The head of the R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee signed a bill Wednesday afternoon to rename the Sakonnet River Bridge after a fallen solider from Tiverton. “I believe it’s our responsibility as state leaders ...

Two men became stuck in a bucket dangling off Rhode Island's Sakonnet River Bridge, after a boom truck tipped onto its side Monday afternoon. The men were doing inspections around 1:30 p.m. under the ...

TIVERTON – Sakonnet Santa is no fool. He showed discretion this week, postponing his scheduled opening day due to Monday's nasty wind and rain. Instead, the town's popular St. Nick made his 2023 debut ...

Family and platoon mates of the late Staff Sgt. Christopher Potts, a Tiverton resident and Rhode Island National Guardsman killed in action in Iraq in 2004, are seen at a Feb. 6, 2025, hearing on a ...