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Sports

How the team that survived the Pawtucket mass shooting held together to make the championship game

For the Blackstone Valley Schools co-op, this season has been about grief, support and staying together — on and off the ice

March 17, 2026

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Mike Szostak

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Climate + Environment

What is extended producer responsibility?

Plastic products cost us, even after we’re done with them — That’s because municipal recycling is paid with taxpayer money. But could the companies that made these products be responsible for paying for them?

March 17, 2026

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Megan Hall

Sriracha, an Ankole-Watusi cattle, seen here in the snow, had access to shelter during the blizzard.

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Climate + Environment

What happens to zoo animals during a blizzard?

Keepers at Roger Williams Park Zoo slept on-site and adjusted routines to ensure animals stayed warm, fed and secure during Rhode Island’s latest storm

March 17, 2026

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Luis Hernandez

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News + Culture

Ethan Shorey reflects on 20 years of local journalism in the Blackstone Valley

The longtime Valley Breeze editor discusses the stories that mattered most and why he decided it was time to step away

March 17, 2026

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Luis Hernandez

A car drives perilously toward a pothole on Point Street in Providence.

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Transportation

Pothole damage from driving around Rhode Island? The state will pay only up to $300

Reimbursement rate set by state law in 1979 woefully inadequate to cover car repairs, motorists and auto repair experts say

March 16, 2026

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Christopher Shea

This photo provided by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a whale on Feb. 24, 2009, near Maui, Hawaii.

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Climate + Environment

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

Scientists discovered the song while digitizing old recordings preserved on a disc made with a Gray Audograph, a dictation machine used in the 1940s

March 16, 2026

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Patrick Whittle

Vivian Skipper quit a part-time job after RIPTA discontinued Sunday bus service on her route.

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Transportation

RIPTA cuts reroute daily life for Rhode Island riders

Fewer buses and lost night and weekend service have disrupted riders’ routines across Rhode Island, while saving the state about $4.4 million, according to RIPTA

March 16, 2026

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Ben Berke