YORKTOWN — Colonial National Historical Park will host a special living history event featuring reenactors from the 1st Rhode ...

Rep. McNamara maintains the 1663 Royal Charter empowers the governor to create free trade zones, but R.I. Commerce officials ...

The first energy island in American history has economic, social and environmental benefits and sees residents and tourists ...

Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore and the RI Department of State today announced that the State House will once again be open ...

Rhode Island state Rep. Joe McNamara called for the creation of a free trade zone based on the state's royal charter to push back on President Trump's tariffs.

Rep. Joseph McNamara believes that the 1663 royal charter allows Rhode Island to avoid federal tariffs on cars and other ...

“We don’t have a colonial Williamsburg here ... we are a location that has such a deep and rich history.” Most notably, Rhode Island’s attack on the HMS Gaspee was the first act of ...

In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong ...

Well, the celebration begins in earnest Friday in Newport when the Newport Historical Society hosts Two Lights for Liberty in ...

Hunted to near extinction for feathers and eggs The history of waterbirds in ... according to Ferren’s book "Birds of Rhode Island." The first colony appeared a decade later in the Sakonnet ...

Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the union, but its oldest park is packed with big things to see and do, including ...

When Roger Williams, founder of the Rhode Island colony, talked with local Native Americans, he reported that the younger tribe members were surprised by the earthquake. But older tribe members ...