2026 in Rhode Island
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The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in Rhode Island.
Incumbents
State government
Events
- February 16 – Three people, including the shooter, are killed in a domestic shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during an ice hockey game. An additional three people are injured, one of whom dies of his injures on February 25.[1]
- February 22–24 – A major blizzard impacts Rhode Island, causing two deaths.[2]
- February 23 – T. F. Green International Airport sets a daily snowfall record of 35.5 inches and a total storm snowfall record of 37.9 inches, breaking records set during the Blizzard of '96 and the Blizzard of '78 respectively.[3]
- February 27 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces the DoD will no longer allow military members to attend Brown University, among other schools.[4]
- March 4 – Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha releases a report on the findings of the sexual abuse cases by the Catholic Diocese of Providence.[5]
- April 8 – Eleven workers are injured by an explosion at the Aspen Aerogels industrial facility in East Providence.[6]
- August 16 – A tractor-trailer overturns on a road in Narragansett, spilling two tons of squid on the road.[7]
Scheduled
- November 3 – 2026 Rhode Island elections:[8][9]
- 2026 Rhode Island House of Representatives election
- 2026 Rhode Island Attorney General election
- 2026 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
- 2026 Rhode Island lieutenant gubernatorial election
- 2026 Rhode Island Senate election
- 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island
- 2026 United States Senate election in Rhode Island
Deaths
- June 7: Gordon S. Wood, 92, historian[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Parker, Paul Edward; Reynolds, Mark; Rousseau, Jacob (February 16, 2026). "Police presence in Pawtucket after reports of shots fired at ice rink". The Providence Journal. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
- ↑ "Rhode Island reports second blizzard-related death". WPRI.com. February 25, 2026. Archived from the original on March 5, 2026. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
- ↑ US Department of Commerce, NOAA, National Weather Service. "National Weather Service". forecast.weather.gov. Archived from the original on March 8, 2026. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Binkley, Collin (February 27, 2026). "Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of 'wokeness'". The Associated Press. Retrieved February 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Attorney General report finds decades of child sex abuse among Catholic priests - CBS Boston". www.cbsnews.com. March 4, 2026. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
- ↑ Bawden, Sarah (April 8, 2026). "11 injured in East Providence explosion, fire | WPRI.com". WPRI 12 News. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Li, David K. (August 19, 2026). "Squid games: Two tons of calamari spill out onto Rhode Island roadway". NBC News. Retrieved August 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Rhode Island elections, 2026". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Elections, 2026". vote.sos.ri.gov. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
- ↑ Stout, David (June 8, 2026). "Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved June 9, 2026.