Search Rhode Island Places and Services
Local-first results
4RhodeIsland is a specialized search engine and resource hub focused exclusively on Rhode Island. We combine multiple search indexes, expert-tuned ranking, and AI tools to surface the most relevant local results for businesses, government services, news, and trip planning. Whether you need a town building permit form, the best clam shack in Narragansett, local business hours, or regional news, our results are built to be practical, local, and current. Part of the 4SEARCH network of topic specific search engines.
Latest News & Web Pages
RI gun owners, gun control advocates will clash at State House. What's at stake.
8+ hour, 44+ min ago (945+ words) The two worlds of Rhode Island will collide at the State House again on Wednesday, when hundreds of gun owners show up in their yellow "Don't Tread on Me" T-shirts to do battle against proposed new restrictions on their firearms....
In-depth attention: Providences newest reporter talks coverage, mural debate
9+ hour, 32+ min ago (348+ words) EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I. (WPRI) " Eric Halvarson of The Providence Eye joined "Behind the Story" this week to discuss his new role as the nonprofit's first full-time reporter and a recent story examining an ongoing mural controversy. Halvarson, who has been a…...
FBI Boston kicks Russian hackers off of compromised US routers
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (438+ words) BOSTON (WPRI) " The FBI is urging the greater public to check the Wi-Fi routers in their homes, officers and businesses after thousands were infiltrated by Russian government hackers. FBI Boston and the United States Department of Justice recently launched a…...
Providence Culinary Collective serves up a reminder of how lucky RI is
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (682+ words) You all know I have the best job in Rhode Island. I'm quite clear on that. But it's not just about the great food and drink I get to enjoy. It's because of all the wonderful people I meet doing…...
Providence basketball's Erhunmwunse heading to Creighton
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (206+ words) Oswin'Erhunmwunse'didn't'need to look outside the Big East to find his next basketball home.' The rising junior center announced a commitment to Creighton on his Instagram page Wednesday morning.'He's'leaving Providence for a conference rival after two seasons.' "It's sad it…...
Rhode Island Comic Con 2026 lands Michael Douglas in his first-ever convention appearance
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (263+ words) by BRYAN MONAGHAN, NBC 10 NEWS Rhode Island Comic Con is bringing two-time Oscar winner, BAFTA winner, Emmy winner, and Golden Globe winner Michael Douglas to Providence. It's billed as the actor's first convention appearance ever. The 82-year-old Douglas is a…...
A pro-worker experiment in private equity
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (245+ words) Live event info and tickets here." If your company got bought by a private equity firm, how would you feel? Maybe a little nervous? You might find yourself wondering if there will be layoffs. And you'd be right to worry…...
11 new books in April offer a chance to step inside someone else's world
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (1004+ words) The books we're spotlighting this month don't exactly radiate escapist good vibes " but they do offer the opportunity to step into someone else's life and get to know their view of our shared world. April may well be "the cruelest…...
Why a free lunch during botched Armory deal didn't violate RI Ethics Code
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (325+ words) Former Rhode Island Director of Administration James Thorsen's notorious free lunch in Philadelphia three years ago did not violate the state Ethics Code, an ethics panel ruled Wednesday, April 8. On the three-count complaint against Thorsen for accepting a lunch from…...
New Rhode Island basketball coach aims to build 'a championship team"
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (498+ words) SOUTH KINGSTOWN " Colleen Mullen was introduced as the next University of Rhode Island women's basketball coach Tuesday morning, a return to Kingston for a former player who promised to'maintain'the program's recent championship standard.' "It's truly a privilege and an honor…...