A special look back at stories featured on Rhode Island PBS Weekly marking four years on the air.

‘Rhode Island PBS Weekly’ Celebrates Fourth Anniversary

Take a look back at some of the program’s most memorable moments

November 11, 2024

“Rhode Island PBS Weekly” turns four years old today.

In honor of this milestone, the show’s team mined the program’s archives to produce this short retrospective video.

Since its launch, “Rhode Island PBS Weekly” has earned 21 Emmy nominations and two wins. Over the last two years, the show has earned more Emmy nominations than any other program produced in Rhode Island. The show also has been nominated for four National Education Telecommunications Association (NETA) wards and has won three.

Justin Kenny Justin Kenny is a national Emmy and Peabody-winning journalist and Executive Producer for Video Innovation at Ocean State Media. Kenny previously worked as a North American Producer and Editor at Reuters Television in Washington and was the PBS NewsHour’s Foreign Affairs Editor and Senior Producer. He owns Small Footprint Films, a news and documentary production company focusing on international humanitarian issues. He was born and raised in West Warwick, Rhode Island and attended Bishop Hendricken High School, Marymount University and the University of Missouri.

Health

Rhode Island’s primary care shortage: The doctor won’t see you now

A new state report lays out the numbers behind a familiar problem: fewer doctors, longer waits and growing barriers to care

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David Wright

Weekend 401

Theater reviews: A Bob Dylan jukebox musical and a Tennessee Williams classic | Weekend 401

Wilbury’s ‘Girl from the North Country’ brings Bob Dylan’s music to a moving Great Depression-era story, while the Gamm’s ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ delivers big performances for a towering classic

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Mareva Lindo

One on One with Ian Donnis

‘Funding is foundational’: Cicilline says Rhode Island’s school formula needs fixing

The Rhode Island Foundation CEO says fixing the state’s school funding formula is urgent for students, the economy and Rhode Island’s future

June 3, 2026

Ian Donnis

Politics + Justice

Shekarchi’s Supreme Court bid faces Ethics Commission review

The case could test whether Rhode Island’s revolving door law applies to appointments to the state’s highest court

June 2, 2026

Ian Donnis

Library Spotlight

‘Cook the book,’ craft a donut, read to a therapy dog and more at Middletown Public Library

From a workshop on vegetable gardening to a look at the role of women and their wardrobes in the American Revolution, here’s what’s going on this month at the Middletown Public Library

June 2, 2026

Mareva Lindo

Climate + Environment

What creates more carbon pollution: beef or dairy?

We talk a lot about the carbon pollution that comes along with eating beef, but this week on Possibly we’re asking: what about eating dairy? How do they compare?

June 2, 2026

Nat Hardy