Block Island, Rhode Island aerial view from the south with Rhode Island coastline in the distance. (Photo: Timothy J. Quill, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikipedia) The Coast Guard rescued four people Thursday ...

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — The Block Island Ferry had a special visitor onboard Friday. Ladder 1 is Block Island’s newest fire engine, and is equipped with a 100-foot aerial ladder. The engine ...

BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. - Marine biologists are monitoring an entangled North Atlantic right whale about 50 miles off Rhode Island's Block Island and will try to rescue it if conditions allow.