Rhode Island PBS Weekly
“Rhode Island PBS Weekly” is a newsmagazine anchored in journalism that searches for truth and examines today’s most important regional and local issues. Viewers are introduced to individuals, ideas and places in Rhode Island and beyond that they won’t see anywhere else.
Latest Episode
Reporter Olivia Ebertz has an in-depth report on Prudence Island and its struggles to find clean, fresh drinkable water.
Then, a second look at a group of local Rhode Islanders who call themselves Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes as they clean up graffiti one rock at a time to help preserve some of the state’s beautiful natural resources.
Finally, on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and our contributor, WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi break down the heated debate in Providence over a proposed property tax increase and remember the late Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio.
Then, a second look at a group of local Rhode Islanders who call themselves Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes as they clean up graffiti one rock at a time to help preserve some of the state’s beautiful natural resources.
Finally, on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and our contributor, WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi break down the heated debate in Providence over a proposed property tax increase and remember the late Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio.
Stories From Rhode Island PBS Weekly
How the company survived the fall of Rhode Island’s costume jewelry trade
The Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes make their mark by wiping out defaced rocks.
Climate change affects our ever-changing world, impacting human health, food security, and economic stability globally, with vulnerable populations often bearing the brunt of the effects. Below are stories that represent just some of the ways climate change is having an impact locally in our state.
Rhode Island artist Kent Stetson has ‘purse-severance’ when it comes to his craft
‘There’s not a lot of action in trying to rectify the problem’
‘We eat seafood and ... our marine organisms are eating microplastics and then we eat them’
John Kostrzewa: A hiker and author travels Rhode Island to find legends