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 Michelle San Miguel has an in-depth report on an overdose prevention site in Providence where people will be able to go to use illegal drugs. The program is the first of its kind and has captured national attention. The hope is that those addicted or simply experimenting with drugs will come into the center so they can be monitored and prevent overdosing, which often happens on the streets. Then, Before Hasbro there was another famous Rhode Island toy company that helped save Christmas during World War I. Pamela Watts has the story. Finally, on Weekly Insight Michelle San Miguel is on set with Ian Donnis of the Public’s Radio and WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi to break down the top stories of 2024.
Stories From Rhode Island PBS Weekly
Khipra Nichols unpacks a career designing toys for Hasbro
Amanda Downing Carney had some unique ideas for the theatre’s biggest show of the year
A Pawtucket man provides antique typewriters to a new type of customer
Schools are failing students, mayor says
Ashley Kirsner saw loneliness everywhere. Then, she had an idea