One week after Rhode Island's new shoreline access law went into effect, Scott Keeley decided to put it to the test. The Charlestown-based activist was arrested while gathering seaweed in 2019, in an ...

After last month’s Nor’easter slammed Rhode Island’s southern coast, Charlestown officials moved quickly to assess and repair ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The beaches in Charlestown have been eroding at an accelerated pace over the past decade. Last winter’s losses, however, were devastating. The Charlestown Breachway was ...

Charleston was named after King Charles II of England, who gave Rhode Island its charter and therefore helped to establish ...

The viewer reached out to Alison Bologna about the beach restoration in Charlestown. Tim asks after seeing our report on beach restoration in the past few days, "Are there any plans about restoring ...

A Superior Court judge has issued an initial decision siding with a beachfront homeowner who argued that Rhode Island's 2023 shoreline access law amounted to an unconstitutional taking of private ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Scott Keeley was walking along Charlestown Town Beach last week when he was stopped by a security guard. Keeley had walked past a sign reading “private property,” and the ...

Due to high bacterial levels, the Rhode Island Department of Health recommended Thursday that four Rhode Island beaches close. The four beaches are: Kingston’s Camp Beach, in Kingston Camp Watchaug ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. — Scientists on Thursday conducted a necropsy on a dead minke whale washed ashore at Quonnie Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island, following the discovery of two dead humpback whales ...