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Local & Regional Traffic lights getting quicker in Pasco (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 23, 2013 at 5:13 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 5:13 PM PDT

Pasco is known to have some of the worst congestion in the Tri-Cities, thanks in large part to the Road 68 Corridor. But the city is ready to change that.

Local & Regional Feral cat population under control (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 23, 2013 at 5:11 PM PDT Last Updated: May 23, 2013 at 5:12 PM PDT

KEPR is following up on a story we brought to at the start of the year. An over population of feral cats in Columbia Park. We've learned at least 15 were trapped.

Sports Huskies bring out the brooms for the Cougs, Mariners get swept (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 19, 2013 at 11:37 PM PDT Last Updated: May 19, 2013 at 11:37 PM PDT

Sports Fever fall, Huskies take Game 2, and Baseball, Soccer, Softball state playoffs (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM PDT

Local & Regional Pasco mail center set for Spokane move in June (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 17, 2013 at 5:16 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 5:16 PM PDT

Plans to process your mail out of Spokane instead of the Tri-Cities are moving forward. With sights set on the end of June for the switch.

Local & Regional Claybell park pricier and ahead of schedule (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 17, 2013 at 5:16 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 5:16 PM PDT

In Richland, the city's newest park maybe here sooner rather than later, along with its price tag.

Local & Regional Robot joins Tri-Ctiy Regional SWAT

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 16, 2013 at 9:20 PM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 9:22 PM PDT

The local SWAT Team has a new member of their team.

Local & Regional Pasco 14 year old skipping high school for college

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 16, 2013 at 9:17 PM PDT Last Updated: May 16, 2013 at 9:26 PM PDT

She's a modern day Doogie Howser! A Pasco student is skipping high school entirely and going directly to college. She just turned 14.

Local & Regional Sequester Law cuts weekly unemployment checks by 21% (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 14, 2013 at 10:42 AM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 5:00 PM PDT

There are more people out of work in the Tri-Cities than most cities around the state. And the latest budget battles mean those out of work are getting less help than before.

Sports A Happy Mother's Day in Seattle (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 12, 2013 at 11:37 PM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 11:37 PM PDT

Sports Fever make it three in a row, Mavericks stay perfect, state soccer and baseball seedings (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 11, 2013 at 11:42 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 11:42 PM PDT

Local & Regional Food Network Star comes to Walla Walla (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 10, 2013 at 6:19 PM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 6:34 PM PDT

Some WaHi High School students got a chance to compete in a teen version of Top Chef, when the Food Network rolled into Walla Walla. You might ask -- why Walla Walla? And Food Network star Maneet Chauhan says -- why not?

Local & Regional Local dentist partners with Education (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM PDT

Here's some good news, kids going to the dentist can mean more money for Tri-Cities schools. A Richland orthodontist is giving back for each new patient he gets.

Local & Regional Mosquito season starts early (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 9, 2013 at 6:23 PM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 6:23 PM PDT

This extra hot spring means mosquito seson has started early. Crews began spraying already this week. KEPR looked at what this weather means for controlling mosquitoes in the Tri-Cities.

Local & Regional HAPO: The official sponsor of summer (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 9, 2013 at 6:03 PM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 6:03 PM PDT

The weather already feels like summer and today HAPO announced some big events it's sponsoring this year

Local & Regional Fish flying at the Kennewick family pond (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 9, 2013 at 5:56 PM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 5:56 PM PDT

The Kennewick family fishing pond is stocked and loaded. Nearly ten-thousand trout were poured into the pond near the Playground of Dreams today.

Local & Regional Farmers Market ready for new season (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 3, 2013 at 5:28 PM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 5:28 PM PDT

In Pasco fresh vegetables and fruits have arrived. The Farmers Market open at 8 am tomorrow , but without any wine or beer.

Local & Regional Richland looking to have its own Riverwalk (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 3, 2013 at 5:20 PM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 5:35 PM PDT

Richland is trying to envision the future, including 20-acres of unused property at Columbia Point. City leaders envision a Riverwalk like the one in San Antonio.

Local & Regional WSDOT looking into G.W. Way Traffic (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 3, 2013 at 5:15 PM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 5:21 PM PDT

KEPR is following up on a traffic change we first told you about last fall. Richland may re-do the entrance to GW Way off of Highway 240. The state ponied up the money to study the intersection at Columbia Point and GW Way near Winco.

Local & Regional New WSU Wine Center comes to life (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 3, 2013 at 5:09 PM PDT Last Updated: May 3, 2013 at 5:09 PM PDT

After two years in the process the Walter Clore Wine Center is ready for construction.

Local & Regional CRIME TRACKER: More tickets means fewer accidents (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 2, 2013 at 5:16 PM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 5:38 PM PDT

Drivers better keep an extra eye on their speed. Troopers are finding new ways to control collisions and that's by cracking down on speeders.

Local & Regional Foreclosures spike, means bad news for 1st time buyers (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: May 2, 2013 at 5:09 PM PDT Last Updated: May 2, 2013 at 5:09 PM PDT

The Tri-Cities have always been on the positive side of the housing market. But KEPR discovered local foreclosure rates doubled from this time last year. KEPR explains how this affects everyone's property values.

Sports Chiawana wins the Riverhawk Showdown, Mariners get 1st series win (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: Apr 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 28, 2013 at 11:37 PM PDT

Local & Regional Richland teens fasting for 30 hours (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: Apr 26, 2013 at 6:27 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 6:27 PM PDT

Teens at a local Richland church are looking to give back to the communtiy, by starving themselves for 30 hours.

Local & Regional KEPR finds the luckiest lotto stands in the Tri-Cities (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: Apr 26, 2013 at 6:16 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 27, 2013 at 3:10 PM PDT

A few weeks ago one local man cashed in on a winning lotto ticket worth $140,000. And it turns out the Tri-Cities is one of the luckiest areas in the state.