We Need to Ascend Moral High Ground to Better See World We Have Put in Peril
By Frank Carini / ecoRI News columnist October 5, 2026 Somehow and somewhere back in history humanity lost its way....
Q & A with author and publisher Grace Calk
Welcome to the Ocean State Stories “family,” Grace! We discovered your work in LitArts RI, headed by our good friend Jodie Noel Vinson....
On the grid and in the matrix
URI professor combines traditional with digital By MATTHEW LAWRENCE, Beacon Media Contributing Writer Sep 23, 2026 This story was...
Book banning harms more than books, says URI education leader
Dean Danielle Dennis, literacy researcher, says campaigns for library censorship have consequences for society A press release issued by...
Why young journalists are still answering the call, and why the field needs them
Rhode Island journalists, educators, and students entering the field say the news business is changing shape, not disappearing Bekah...
Rhode Island rural health projects take shape with $156M federal award
By Alexander Castro-September 23, 2026 6:17 pmUpdated 8:48 pm This story was originally published in Rhode Island Current, a publication partner...
Water Over the Dam: A Retrospective on the Big River Reservoir Debacle
Sixty years after the state took 8,600 acres of private property for the ill-fated Big River reservoir, one last...
Against the Tide
Meet some of the newly minted MDs choosing to stay in the Ocean State. By Jen A. Miller This...
Q & A with Sarah Elizabeth Mangiarelli, founder, Pieces of Perception
Thanks, Sarah, for joining us at Ocean State Stories. Momentarily, we’ll get into Pieces of Perception, but let’s start...
New procedure for evaluating people with IBD meets with their approval
Intestinal ultrasound is non-invasive, avoiding colonoscopy or imaging PROVIDENCE –– A non-invasive procedure for evaluating people with inflammatory bowel...
Shoo(spotted lantern)fly! Don’t bother us
By MATTHEW LAWRENCE, Beacon Media Contributor This story was originally published in the Warwick Beacon, a publication partner of Ocean State...
The 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Today is the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. To commemorate it, Ocean State Stories...
Newport Residents Push Back Against Plans for Park on John Street
“It’s a rarity, and we should preserve it as an open space.” By Jonmaesha Beltran / ecoRI News staff September...