PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: A Providence man admitted to a federal judge on Tuesday that he possessed nearly 449 grams of methamphetamine and 64 grams of fentanyl that was intended for distribution, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According to information presented to the court, John Walker, 51, was detained by a member of the DEA Drug Task Force   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 1 issued the following news release: For the third time in three months, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited one of the nation's largest discount retail chains, Dollar Tree Inc. for allowing hazardous conditions at one of its Rhode Island stores, this one in Coventry. Responding to a complaint, OSHA opened an inspection at t  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Zachary A. Cunha, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: A former project superintendent of the nearly quarter-billion-dollar federally funded 6/10 Interchange Construction Project was sentenced today for intentionally misleading officials as to the origin and the potential contaminant composition of dozens of truckloads of railroad ballast (stone) and dirt imported to the project, announced Un  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, June 24 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro released his Naval Education Strategy (NES) today, which provides guidance to modernize naval education to meet our Nation's security needs. The strategy provides the framework for the Department of the Navy (DON) to deliver more effective, efficient, and integrated naval education to the total force in support of President Biden's national security prioriti  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, June 24 (TNSper) -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Rear Adm. Pete Garvin relieved Rear Adm. Shoshana Chatfield as president of the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) during a change of command ceremony held onboard Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, June 23. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, an alumnus of NWC, presided over the change of command ceremony and served as guest speaker. "I couldn't be more pleased that Rear Adm. Chatfield has been nominat  more