BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * North Kingstown, R.I.-based business will settle alleged violations for misbranded pesticide devices * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Ocean State Jobbers, Inc., doing business as Ocean State Job Lot, a corporation based out of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Boston Waterproofing & Construction twice exposed workers to potentially deadly hazards * * * Twice in less than three months in late 2023, a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, federal workplace safet  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 1 issued the following news release: Twice in less than three months in late 2023, a Boston waterproofing contractor exposed employees to life-threatening cave-ins and excavation hazards at residential worksites in Arlington, Massachusetts, and Warwick, Rhode Island, federal workplace safety investigators found. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Admi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: An Arizona man has been ordered detained in federal custody in Rhode Island after more than four kilograms of methamphetamine were seized in an investigation into the trafficking of methamphetamine into Rhode Island from western states, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. According to charging documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Provid  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, July 13 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The U.S. Naval War College's (NWC) College of Maritime Operational Warfare (CMOW) hosted its Executive Level Operational Level of Warfare Course (ELOC), a series focused on improving combat readiness for U.S. maritime forces operating globally, onboard Naval Station Newport, June 8-12. The event brought together active and reserve component officers from naval and joint commands and civilians representing DoD or  more