Tonight’s council meeting comes after at least 300 women has their annual OB-GYN appointments at Newport Women’s Health ...

Mother after mother came forward at the meeting, sharing stories of the care and support they experienced while at Newport Hospital’s birthing center.

Standing room only in Newport, and a standing ovation for those and other comments in a notable show of support for keeping ...

Amid local concerns that cuts will be made to Newport Hospital ’s birthing center, the Newport City Council has scheduled a ...

Newport City Councilors will hold a special meeting pleading with Brown University Health not to close the birthing center at ...

The Newport City Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to keep the birthing center open at Newport Hospital.

Tuesday night in Newport, the city council will convene for a special meeting regarding the fate of the Newport Hospital ...

Brown Health said it has not made a final decision on if it will close the birthing center as it considers cuts.

While no decisions about the birthing center have been made, leaders have not indicated that a final verdict will come in the weeks ahead.

The Newport City Council unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday night, urging Brown University Health to maintain full operation of the Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital.

Newport city leaders are pushing Brown Health to reconsider potential cuts that could shutter the hospital’s birthing center, ...