Rent Relief in RI: How to apply, progress report
Rent relief is available for RI tenants with applications accepted on the web – rihousing.com/rentreliefri – and successful applicants will receive grants that do not need to be paid back […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
FDA Recommends Third Pfizer Vaccine Booster Shot: Only for age 65 and high risk of severe COVID-19
September 17, 2021 — In an all-day meeting that became somewhat disorganized at the end, the Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) of the US Food and Drug […]
Sticking With Vax Policy?: McKee’s Mandate Tests His Cojones
News Analysis Will RI Governor Dan McKee stand his ground on the August 18 mandate that all RI health care workers must receive their final dose of COVID-19 vaccine by […]
Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Local hiking expert says your beach days ain’t over yet!
Cliff Vanover has long been interested in the natural world. For decades, he has enjoyed hiking in and near Rhode Island, especially where he can observe evidence of glacial geology. […]
Evictions may resume: Moratorium ended by US Supreme Court
In an unsigned “per curiam” opinion — supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf — the US Supreme Court tonight ruled that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lacks legal authority for an […]
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine fully approved by US FDA: RI hopes will boost take-up rate
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved full licensure for the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that was given Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) on December 11, 2020, for recipients […]
TS Henri: RI spared worst effects as storm passes
As of 5pm EDT Sun, Aug 22, 2021 in RI: All watches and warnings have been discontinued. TS Henri spared RI its worst effects: Rain has already ended over most […]
Electrical Outages Main Henri Problem: RI gets more wind than rain as storm passes to west
Although it is too early to be sure, with most of RI on the eastern side of the path of TS Henri the main consequence of the storm is electrical […]
TS Henri: Centered over Block Island, heading for mainland
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-22-1700edt UPDATE: As of 2pm EDT, Tropical Storm Warnings have been dropped for all of RI except Block […]
H Henri: Most likely track still a direct hit on RI
IMPORTANT: This post is out of date and has been superseded; see motifri.com/wx-henri-2021-08-22-1100edt As of 5am EDT Sun, Aug 22, 2021 in RI:• A Storm Surge Warning and Hurricane Warning […]