Wyoming News

To the person that lifted that big box out of the Dodge Nitro in Westerly a month or so ago, I can only guess your reaction.

Colorado was one of seven states whose death rate from drunken driving increased last year, a new federal report shows.

" More than 11 percent of Rhode Island residents were receiving food stamps in August, according to new government figures.

President Obama's stimulus package has created or saved 2,012 positions in Rhode Island so far, according to the most detailed report yet on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

" Rhode Island has cracked the top 10 most energy-efficient states in the country, according to an annual list released Wednesday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

" Rhode Island has the seventh-least "business-friendly" tax system of the 50 states, according to annual rankings released Tuesday by The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan research group that promotes low tax rates.

VIBCO Vibrators is featured in a new Lean training DVD from GBMP. "VIBCO Vibration Nation: Learning to See" is a virtual plant tour designed to train, educate, motivate and inspire viewers to embrace a lean philosophy and grow a lean culture.

The mulch fire at Richmond Sand and Gravel continued to burn Monday, although not as much as on Sunday, as the owners of the mulch and the land worked to extinguish it.

Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Utah and Virginia do the best job handling workers' compensation injuries, while Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wyoming perform the worst.

Hundreds of Rhode Islanders turned out on street corners Friday in spontaneous opposition to the anti-gay, anti-Jew message of a tiny group of demonstrators from Kansas.