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Troopers stopped dozens of tractor trailers coming in from Connecticut, which lifted its travel ban on Monday.
By the afternoon, the snowfall level near Providence — almost 33 inches — obliterated the two-day record set by the infamous Blizzard of 1978.
The Rhode Island State Police Department reported responding to over 200 disabled vehicles during the blizzard.
The 1,125-square-foot rug was installed earlier this month but will need to be repaired.
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The state is now asking workers to attest to how much they "believe" they are missing in pay in an effort to "expedite" making them whole.
The author says Rhode Island's direct military role in the American Revolution was limited, but its unique history of individual freedom inspired the nation.
Thousands of Rhode Island state workers received W-2s in the mail that misidentified their employer as "the State of Rhode Island Umbrella Company" at One Capitol Hill, Providence. Needless to say, there is no such company. And the state could be in a world of woe.
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Peak blizzard slams RI with 20+ inches of snow and 50,000 power outages
A powerful blizzard brought heavy snow to Rhode Island on February 23, 2026, with National Weather Service reports showing 20-inch-plus totals in parts of Southern New England, and it cut power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses as visibility dropped in the storm’s heaviest bands.