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Construction on a state-of-the-art, $147 million ocean and climate operations center has begun at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday.
A groundbreaking ceremony at the Newport Naval Station Monday will kick off the development of a new national research facility.Rhode Island leaders will join t
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — Two National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research ships already assigned to Naval Station Newport’s Pier 2 were out at sea Monday, but U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was back in her homeport. The reason for the return of Rhode Island’s former governor turned high-profile member of President Biden’s cabinet was to […] The post Golden shovels out: NOAA research base breaks ground appeared first on Rhode Island Current.