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Local & Regional Wife of man shot by Kennewick PD speaks out (Video)

By Davis Wahlman Published: Jun 15, 2013 at 6:40 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 16, 2013 at 7:55 PM PDT

KEPR spoke with the wife of the man who was shot Friday by Kennewick Police in Horse Heaven Hills Park.

Local & Regional Photos: Portland Pride Parade (Photo Gallery)

By KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 10:14 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 17, 2013 at 10:14 AM PDT

Local companies and groups that support LGBTQ rights marched through Old Town to the waterfront where the festival continued.

Local & Regional WSU starts sperm bank for honeybees

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Published: Jun 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM PDT

There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees.

Local & Regional Smoke from days-old fire tying up Benton County firefighters (Video)

By Davis Wahlman Published: Jun 16, 2013 at 6:45 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 16, 2013 at 7:59 PM PDT

Smoking debris piles from last week's fire on Clodfelter Road are causing people to call in false alarms.

Local & Regional Troopers find missing Gold Bar boy after brief Amber Alert (Photo Gallery)

By KOMO Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 10:34 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 11:15 PM PDT

A brief Friday night Amber Alert was called off when Washington State Patrol troopers found the missing child in Chelan County.

Local & Regional Air Race Classic comes to Tri-Cities (Video)

By Davis Wahlman Published: Jun 16, 2013 at 6:51 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 17, 2013 at 1:42 PM PDT

50 planes flew into the Pasco Airport this weekend to prep for a cross-country air race.

Local & Regional Overgrown yard: 'Skunks and rats and wild cats' (Video)

By Natalie Eucce & KIMATV.com Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 5:33 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 5:38 PM PDT

Action News learned that code violations in Union Gap have gotten worse. So what can you do?

Local & Regional Soapbox race takes over Lee Blvd. (Video)

By Davis Wahlman Published: Jun 15, 2013 at 6:57 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 16, 2013 at 8:10 PM PDT

Hundreds of people came out to Lee Boulevard Saturday morning to watch children race down the hill.

Local & Regional Kennewick looking to cut down on collisions (Video)

By Vince Sapienza Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 5:15 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 5:41 PM PDT

It's no secret that Clearwater Avenue is one of the busier roads in the Tri-Cities. But Kennewick is getting tired of the constant collisions there as well. You'll remember a wreck killed a pedestrian late last year. Kennewick is spending big money to make your commute safer.

Local & Regional Oregon case of genetically modified wheat appears to be isolated

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 5:12 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 5:12 PM PDT

The USDA says as far as they can tell the genetically modified wheat found in Oregon was an isolated incident.

Local & Regional 1 month later: Yakima doctor still missing abroad

By KIMATV.com Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 3:10 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 3:11 PM PDT

It's now been one month since a Yakima doctor went missing in Ukraine. The family of Jay Sloop isn't giving up hope that he could be found.

Local & Regional Papers outline robbery plot against 79-year-old woman

By Associated Press Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 4:23 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 4:23 PM PDT

The beating of a 79-year-old Eastern Oregon woman in January was the result of a plot to carry out a home invasion robbery of a woman who lived alone in an unincorporated community near the Washington border, court documents show.

Local & Regional To the rescue: Firefighters free squirrel in distress

By KATU.com Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 1:05 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 1:05 PM PDT

It was a dramatic rescue Thursday evening when firefighters, driving on Greenridge Drive in Lake Oswego, came across a squirrel whose tail had become entangled in some razor wire.

Local & Regional Yakima County mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus

By KIMATV.com Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 11:08 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 11:08 AM PDT

Mosquitoes in two samples collected in Yakima County have tested positive for West Nile virus — almost a month earlier than in previous years. These results are the first sign that the virus is active in Washington this year.

Local & Regional DEA arrests 4 Pasco men suspected of meth trafficking

By KEPRTV.com Staff Published: Jun 14, 2013 at 2:47 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 2:47 PM PDT

Four people suspected of meth trafficking were arrested Friday in Pasco.