The unemployment rate in Providence County is higher than the Rhode Island average.
The Blackstone River cuts a swath of green-blue habitat alongside this small, dense, Rhode Island city.
Legislation would authorize $120 in bonding to build a new high school, and Central Falls would borrow $5.76 million of that amount.
Here is how the Central Falls area is doing in the race to vaccinate its population.
Providence County's unemployment rate is higher than the Rhode Island average.
Mayor Maria Rivera said she supports legislation that would let all low-income children qualify for the state's Medicaid program.
Two city solicitors will deal with housing and nuisance properties. Public health ambassadors will work directly with the community.
Workers with the Nonviolence Institute will establish relationships with at-risk youth, and a summer program for young people is afoot.
Graduating seniors will be connected to pathways and opportunities for life after graduation, said Mayor Maria Rivera.
Legislation by Sen. Jonathon Acosta aims to close the public-private federal prison in Central Falls.
More than 150 million Americans don’t use the internet at broadband speeds. See how the Central Falls area compares.
The first-term mayor promised transparency and engagement while outlining a vision for post-pandemic recovery and growth.
Mayor Maria Rivera will address the City Council and the public on Facebook Live at 5:30 p.m. on May 10.
The board delayed posting its minutes as required by state law, and Western Oil, Inc. filed a complaint with the RI Attorney General.
Providence and CF are sanctuary cities. They fought a Trump-era edict that made recipients of a federal policing grant cooperate with ICE.
Democrat Elizabeth "Betty" Crowley, who represented District 16 (Pawtucket/Central Falls), has been fined $6K by the RI Board of Elections.
A Providence state rep says it's great that RIDEM is distributing trees, but questions why they can't be picked up in Rhode Island cities.
You can use IRS data to compare your tax payments and refunds to others in Providence County.
A woman alleged crude sexual harassment in the police department under former chief James Mendonca and former Mayor James Diossa.
'I was not elected to wear a tie or wear a blazer in order to legislate,' said Sen. Jonathon Acosta, who charged racial bias in the rule.
The office of Gov. Dan McKee has announced five finalists for the second-in-command position.
Healthcare hero Dr. Beata Nelken was given a 'key to the city' by Mayor Rivera to honor International Women's Day.
Brownfields remediation and environmental job training is now offered to adults in Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, and Central Falls.