
Wheeler Cowperthwaite
Growth and Development Reporter at Providence Journal
Journalist. @ProJo reporter. Editor, @NMHomicides. Past: @PatriotLedger, @CapeCodTimes, @RGSun. Fan: Cats, deutsch, mustard.
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1 week ago |
newportri.com | Wheeler Cowperthwaite |Katherine Gregg |Patrick Anderson |Alex Kuffner
Wheeler Cowperthwaite Katherine Gregg Patrick Anderson Alex Kuffner Jonny Williams Antonia Noori FarzanProvidence JournalPROVIDENCE – As the 2025 legislative session comes to an end, The Providence Journal is tracking dozens of major bills and where they stand as the voting frenzy begins. Below is a list of all the bills being tracked in this story. Click on the bill to jump to that section of the story. Bills have been grouped by topic.
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1 week ago |
providencejournal.com | Wheeler Cowperthwaite |Katherine Gregg |Patrick Anderson |Alex Kuffner
Wheeler Cowperthwaite Katherine Gregg Patrick Anderson Alex Kuffner Jonny Williams Antonia Noori FarzanProvidence JournalPROVIDENCE – As the 2025 legislative session comes to an end, The Providence Journal is tracking dozens of major bills and where they stand as the voting frenzy begins. Below is a list of all the bills being tracked in this story. Click on the bill to jump to that section of the story. Bills have been grouped by topic.
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1 week ago |
newportri.com | Jonny Williams |Wheeler Cowperthwaite
But how long can the beach town afford to fight over housing? In April the newly elected Town Council proposed more than a dozen amendments to zoning regulations to make it easier to build in town. The sudden proposed changes rattled residents and led to an effort to recall three members of the Town Council. The recall has, for the moment, been called off after the council decided to workshop the zoning amendments, but the threat of it still looms over the council.
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2 weeks ago |
riograndesun.com | Wheeler Cowperthwaite
An Ojo Caliente man, accused of stabbing a man through an open car window, was released and his case was dismissed after the main witness failed to appear for a May 8 preliminary and dangerousness hearing. Prosecutors sought to have Raymundo Terrazas, 35, held without bail pending trial on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon but when the hearing came, an “essential witness” was missing, District Judge Jason Lidyard wrote in his order releasing Terrazas and dismissing the case.
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3 weeks ago |
riograndesun.com | Wheeler Cowperthwaite
A 19-year-old Santa Fe woman is facing a felony charge of child abuse and misdemeanor charges of aggravated battery on a household member and aggravated drunk driving after she allegedly crashed her boyfriend’s car into a ditch after biting his neck. Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Deputy Hansel Felix arrested Brianna Willebrand on May 8, after being called to a crash off of U.S. Highway 84/285.
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