PORTSMOUTH – A light drizzle pattered into the sandy pine barrens of Prudence Island, one of the only places in the state where prickly pear cactus grows indigenously. Prudence is one of those places ...

PORTSMOUTH — Drive by the Prudence Island Volunteer Fire Department and, up until a few weeks ago, you might have thought it was the island's fire truck museum, with trucks and tankers older than many ...

PORTSMOUTH — To the east, on one side of Narragansett Bay, in Bristol, a ferry’s engines thrum. To the west, the sun races for tree lines over Warwick and East Greenwich. Nancy Howland is right in the ...

Prudence Island has no businesses besides a small general store, and year-round residents endure challenging commutes to jobs on the mainland. In winter, throwing a party means inviting the whole ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Smoke filled the skies over Narragansett Bay Thursday night as firefighters from around the state battled a fire that destroyed three homes on Prudence Island. The fire broke ...

(WJAR) — A boil water advisory on Prudence Island is now entering its sixth year after delays have slowed the installation of a chlorination system and have caused the estimated cost of the project to ...

PORTSMOUTH — "DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST." This is the message residents of Prudence Island have been receiving at regular intervals since October 2018, when a water sample from ...

What I enjoy about hiking here is that you’ll barely see more than a handful of people. This is one of the most peaceful ...

A boil water advisory was issued for some residents of Prudence Island. E. coli bacteria was found in a sample collected from the storage tank of thePrudence Island Water District. The advisory covers ...

BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a Prudence Island ferry rider who went overboard Monday evening. The search for the missing 39-year-old Prudence Island ...