🐠 PA Fish in the Ocean State 🌊 | 🎥 3x Emmy-winning reporter/Anchor, 12 News at 4 @wpri12 | Former ⚓️ @foxabcmaine | 💙 @penn_state alum | 💭 Views = mine
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YOU GUYS!!!!!!
Honored to have won my THIRD New England Emmy award tonight for daily news report ✨🤍
Shoutout to @CoreyWelch who put this story together with me! Grateful and blessed to do what I love for a living. Don’t give up. @wpri12
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You’re looking at Rhode Island’s newest anchor woman!!
SO excited to share that I’m officially joining 12 News at 4 alongside the amazingly talented @KimKalunian!! Blessed & grateful for this new chapter at @wpri12 & to keep calling the Ocean State home ⚓️🐠#AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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Hard to believe, but today marks 2 years since I joined the team on 12 News at 4pm !!
Time flies when you’re having fun (aka working alongside @KimKalunian & @tony_tpetrarca each day!) #GoodVibes #AnchorUp @wpri12
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This weekend marks 4 YEARS since I joined @wpri12 🎥
I had never been to RI before I moved here for work. Through ups & downs (there are many of both!) I’m so grateful my journey led me here, where I’m surrounded by so many wonderful people. Blessed to do what I love each day 🤍
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#UPDATE This Fish is now calling the Ocean State home 🌊💙🐠
I’m SO excited to announce I’ve accepted a morning reporter position at @wpri12 & @FOXProvidence in Providence, Rhode Island. I can’t wait to join their talented news team starting Monday!!!
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After almost three years of living in Rhode Island, it’s finally happening - hot wieners AND coffee milk!! #FirstTimer
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This week marks 8 YEARS since I started my TV news career‼️
There have been lots of ups & downs. But I’m truly so blessed to do what I love & call it work, and grateful for those who have shared their stories & made this PA girl feel at home here 🤍 To more years ahead!! @wpri12
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Feeling so much love today ❤️❤️ thank you!!!
Wishing a very happy birthday to @KaylaFishTV 🎂 Help us wish Kayla a happy birthday by commenting below!
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Just a reminder (because it’s now happened to me 3 TIMES in the past two mornings of live reports):
PLEASE stop heckling & yelling obscenities at news reporters. Especially “FHRITP.” It’s not funny or cool — it’s vulgar & frustrating.
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Hard to believe, but this week marks ONE YEAR since I joined 12 News at 4 as an anchor & started reporting at night!
Grateful for all the opportunities I’ve been given this past year. Thank you to everyone who’s tuned in! Let’s keep the #GoodVibes going 😊⚓️🎥 #AnchorUp @wpri12
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A Fish! 🐠
Anchoring! ⚓️
In the Ocean State! 🌊
I’m so excited to be fill-in anchoring the noon newscast for the first time on @wpri12 today — hope to see you at 12! 😊🎥 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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This week marks 7 YEARS ‼️ since I started working in the news industry 😇
To the people who’ve supported me along the way & those who allow me to tell their stories - THANK YOU!! Grateful to do what I love for a living 🤍 #GoodVibes #AnchorUp @wpri12
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Repping the red, white and blue at @wpri12 this Fourth of July week ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
@ShannonHegy @KimKalunian
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Look who’s back in the @wpri12 studios!!
Boston Globe RI’s @StephMachado joined @KimKalunian today on 12 News at 4 to talk #Providence schools - as part of a new partnership between @Globe_RI & WPRI 12.
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Ah, the joys of weather coverage 🥾💦
This is my first time reporting during a tropical storm, and I’m soaking in every bit! (Okay, maybe too literally 😅) @WPRI12
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TGIF!! @WxMcneil and I are holding down the @wpri12 studios today at 4, 5, 6, 10 & 11 💪🏼
We’ve got your local news, weekend forecast and more! Hope you’ll join us 😊 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO @KimKalunian — an amazing coworker, and even better friend.
Blessed to share the anchor desk at 4 with this ray of human sunshine - here’s to many more laughs and unplanned matching outfit days!! ❤️ @wpri12
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Today marks 1️⃣ year since I started working at @wpri12 🎉
So grateful to be part of this team & to tell stories here in southern New England — lots of news, and lots of storms! ❄️🌊😅
Time flies when you’re doing what you love ❤️🎥 Let’s keep the #GoodVibes going into year 2!
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With a job in news, you usually end up working on the holidays.
So the past few years, I’ve made it a tradition to take a week off between Thanksgiving & Christmas to spend with family and friends — and that week is here! ❤️🎄❄️ See you back on air Monday ☺️ @wpri12 #GoodVibes
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The city of Providence is showing off this morning 🤩🌇✨ Have a great day! #GoodMorning #GoodVibes #AmNewsers @wpri12 @FOXProvidence
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Crazy to think but early March marks 3 YEARS since I started at @wpri12 - time flies when you love your job! #Blessed
A lot has happened in 3 yrs, but above all I’m SO grateful for the people I’ve met here & those who let me tell their stories. Let’s keep the #GoodVibes going 😇
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Hard to believe this week marks 2 years since I started working at @wpri12!
Forever grateful my path brought me here to RI, and introduced me to some amazing opportunities & even better people. I’m blessed to live & tell stories in Southern New England 🌊⚓️ #GoodVibes #AnchorUp
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I met @SavannahGuthrie in 2014 - I was a college student & aspiring journalist, and she was so sweet & down to earth.
Fast forward to 2021, I’m living my dream as a news reporter in PVD — and she’s celebrating 10 years at @TODAYshow (& still inspiring me ☺️)
Congrats, Savannah!
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I told my parents I’d be covering #Henri in Narragansett, RI.
My dad: “Is Jim Cantore there? That’s when you know it’s getting real”
Literally the Weather Channel today:
We've got field crews all over the Northeast to bring you the latest on #Henri. Check out our non-stop storm coverage all weekend long.
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WE ❤️ OUR 12 NEWS VIEWERS!!
Jen is a friend of @dnorth50 & lives here in #NorthSmithfield. She saw we were reporting #live in the snow and brought us hot chocolate from @dunkindonuts 🥺☕️ such a sweet surprise! Thank you Jen! @wpri12 @FOXProvidence #SnowDay
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Wow. High tide here in #Newport RI. Hurricane #Erin is well offshore but bringing some rough surf & dangerous waves along the coastline. @wpri12 @PinpointWXTeam
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Since I got my job in news, I’ve had to work every #Thanksgiving. That changed this year!!
Blessed to spend the holiday back home in PA with my whole fam 🫶🏼 Heart and stomach are SO full, beyond thankful. #GoodVibes
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That feeling when you WIN YOUR FIRST EMMY✨
I’m stunned. Blessed to be a part of this team ❤️ @wpri12 #Team12 #AMnewsers #PartyLikeAJournalist
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Friday is my last day at @FoxABCMaine.
A lot has changed in my nearly 4yrs in Bangor, but my passion for storytelling has not. To all the Mainers who made this girl “from away” feel at home — thank you. A piece of my heart will always belong to Vacationland🌲🌊❄️💕
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Spending the weekend back home in Shawnee, PA to celebrate my mom’s birthday! I wouldn’t be where I am today without her never-ending love & support. She is truly human sunshine — and has a positive impact on EVERYONE she meets! So blessed ❤️ Happy birthday BFF, love you! @wpri12
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Side note — so happy to be back at @WPRI12 this morning, after a scary & exhausting weekend.
Thank you for your support & well wishes, I’m feeling much better now — and ready to keep moving forward! 🤍 #GoodMorning #GoodVibes
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Hey @WPRI12, does this mean we’re official now? ❤️😉 #NewProfilePic
My bio is now complete on WPRI.com! You can learn more about me (including how much I really love winter) & check out some of my stories for 12 News HERE ⬇️
wpri.com/author/kayla-fish/
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#NOW Anti-ICE protest on the move in #Providence. This is at the corner of Weybosset & Dorrance Streets. @wpri12
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#NOW Protestors at the “No Kings” rally in #Providence are now marching around the State House, shutting down sections of road. @wpri12
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You guys! Overwhelmed by all the love and well-wishes I’ve received today 🥹❤️ thank you so much for brightening my day!! #GoodVibes
Wishing a very happy birthday to @KaylaFishTV 🎂 Help us wish Kayla a happy birthday by following her page!
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My Grandpop was a big @NHLBruins fan & this sweatshirt was his 🤍 It was given to my mom after he passed away, and she gave it to me when I moved to New England. It meant a lot to wear it to a game — maybe it was a good luck charm 💛😇✨🏒 #NewYear #Goals #NHLBruins @wpri12
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It’s that time — the 12 News AM #Narragansett crew is signing off. @MattPaddockTV & @_MerrillSampson will continue bringing you live coverage of #Henri and the conditions here along the Southern New England coast. @WPRI12 @PinpointWXTeam #RIwx #LoveMyTeam
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Sometimes, when you’re feeling stressed or worried or out of it, you gotta grab your sneakers & get outside — go for a run or walk or simply get some fresh air. It makes a big difference for me!
I hope you’re finding peace during what can be a hectic holiday week 🤍 #GoodVibes
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In the words of Peter Frampton, “Let’s do it again” 🎶🤘🏼
Capping off my workweek with another appearance on the anchor desk! I hope you’ll join me for 12 News at Noon on @wpri12 ✨🎥😊 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes #HappyFriday
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Comeback complete 🤘🏼🇺🇸🏃🏼♀️
Yesterday’s half marathon in #Bristol was rainy and humid and challenging — and wonderful ❤️ Crossing that finish line was 2+ years in the making. So unbelievably blessed! #FishCanRun #GoodVibes #KeepGoing @RaceTheRhode
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First day back from a relaxing week-long vacation, there is snow on the ground in Rhode Island, and we’re shooting some holiday promos for @wpri12 & @FOXProvidence — not bad for a Monday! 🤩❄️🎄✨
See you at 4 ☺️ #GoodVibes #AnchorUp
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Introducing @KimKalunian to MOXIE — the official soft drink of the state of #Maine (that I tracked down here in Rhode Island!!)
I first tried Moxie when I moved to Maine and… it has a very distinct taste. Have you ever tried it? @wpri12
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We seriously have THE BEST viewers!! ❤️
A very sweet plow driver (I didn’t catch his name) stopped my our #live location here in #Woonsocket — with hot coffee for me & photojournalist Justin White!!! Warmed my heart & made my morning ☕️🥰 #GoodMorning #GoodVibes @wpri12
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When @ShannonHegy texts you about going to the beach, and you’re already in #Narragansett — you have to meet up!
Don’t worry I brought my own pop tarts and granola bars (forgot my apple sauce though)
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When you walk into the studio wearing almost the same outfit 👀👯♀️
Twinning with the stunning @ShannonHegy today ✨❤️ @wpri12 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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On this day 6 YEARS AGO I walked into a TV station in Maine for my 1st day as a news reporter, my dream job since middle school ❤️
Grateful for all the people I’ve met, stories I’ve told, & every opportunity I’ve gotten since. Cheers to 6 years & many more! 😊 @wpri12 #GoodVibes
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HOW ADORABLE! 🐶💕
Meet K-9 Gus, the newest member of the Rhode Island State Police Special Victims Unit. His job is to make victims and witnesses of traumatic crime feel more at ease -- so they can better help police in their investigations.
More details at noon on @wpri12
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Honored to be AAA’s traffic safety journalist hero of the year for RI🌟
The award is for those who cover transportation issues & spread traffic safety messages. Grateful to be recognized w/ inspiring public safety & community members & to know our stories make an impact! @wpri12
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Please give a warm welcome to our newest @wpri12 reporter — my good friend @JoeNews42!!
Joe and I worked together in Bangor, Maine. So excited to have him here on #Team12 in Southern New England! ☺️🎥 #GoodVibes #BangorNewsies
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One reporter to other reporters, leaving the newsroom at 4:00 am: "Well...good morning. See you today?" #Election2018 @OHnewsroom @FoxABCMaine
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#NOW A rally outside The Miriam Hospital — showing appreciation for healthcare workers amid the latest surge in #COVID. Staff will also be given letters from local elementary students. @wpri12 @FOXProvidence
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Here's a look at the procession for Maine State Police Det. Ben Campbell from earlier this evening on I-95. A steady stream of vehicles escorting the fallen trooper, killed in a freak accident this morning.
Maine mourns tonight. #LODD @FoxABCMaine
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Out of office ✌🏼
Spending the next few days relaxing in this paradise in Mexico 🌴☀️🇲🇽 See you back on air next week! @wpri12
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That was how it started.
This is how it ended — collapsed just before the finish line, and woke up in an ambulance. Very scary- but doing MUCH better now.
Thanking God for Gina & our friendship, & so proud she finished her first half!! She even got me a medal 🥺❤️ #BFF
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I got a notification that someone followed me on Twitter, but I can’t see who it is…
👋🏻👋🏻 @JohnCena
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in enemy territory ⚾️
my parents are HUGE @Yankees fans, thanks to my Opa 🤍 What a blessing it is to have them here with me in New England to witness one of the greatest rivalries!! So awesome. LGY!! #FishFam #GoodVibes
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Spotted on my run this morning ❤️🕊️
My mom always says seeing a cardinal is a sign that someone who passed away is visiting from heaven. I’m all about taking time to notice the little things in life - this was one of them today 😊 #GoodVibes
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Made my on-air debut at @wpri12 this evening, discussing new actions taken by Cranston city officials to get illegal ATVs off the streets — and how the spokesperson for a local motorbike association is responding.
Story here: wpri.com/news/local-news/wes…
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I don’t really know what’s going on here, but it made me smile and I just had to share! 🦜🐥
This man and his two birds, out for a stroll on this beautiful Friday afternoon at Lincoln Woods State Park. @WPRI12
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First time running outside since the half marathon/hospital incident — it wasn’t far or fast, but it felt AWESOME to get back out there 🍃🏃🏼♀️🤙🏼 #GoodVibes #GetOutside #Run
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Good morning from #Hopkinton - at the starting line of the 128th Boston Marathon!
Grateful to again have the opportunity to cover this iconic race, where strength & resiliency are on full display in New England.
#Live all morning on @wpri12 - hope you’ll join us! #GoodVibes
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When you’re assigned to cover the activity leading up to the Army-Navy game, which includes @WWE’s Tribute to the Troops show in #Providence 🇺🇸 @wpri12
Working in Bangor, ME reignited my interest in wrestling, so this was pretty cool🤘🏼 (CC @UnsungEmpath @JonAlba @jwagonersports)
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Woke up this morning feeling grateful and accomplished (& VERY sore 😅) after finishing the #Providence Half Marathon yesterday — with a personal record and a personal milestone 💪🏼🤍 Some words on that below… 🐠🏃🏼♀️ #FishCanRun #GoodVibes
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This week marks 5 YEARS since I started my job in news, my dream since I was 12 🎥
On the tough days, I try to focus on the GOOD— the inspiring stories, ones that make an impact. To those who’ve supported me & let me share their stories, THANK YOU for helping me do what I love❤️
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The Fish is back! 🐠🎥☀️
Trading in my sunsets for sunrises & filling in on the morning shift again today 😊 Holding down the anchor desk from 4:30-9am — see you on @wpri12 & @FOXProvidence ⚓️ #AnchorUp #GoodVibes #GoodMorning
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We caught up with @RIGOPChairman following the “No Kings” rallies in #Providence - which were held to protest the Trump Administration.
“I don’t think people truly understand what exactly it is that they’re protesting,” he told me. @wpri12
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Ready for day 2 at the desk with @KimKalunian! ⚓️🎥
Thank you all so much for your kind words & well wishes 😊 Hope you’ll join us Monday-Friday for 12 News at 4 p.m. on @wpri12 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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3 years ago I was a recent college grad, eager to start doing what I’ve wanted to do since middle school. I’m forever grateful @foxabcmaine gave me the chance to grow as a journalist, and turn my dreams into reality. Cheers to 3 years! 🎉🎥 #PartyLikeAJournalist #MMJ #AnchorUp
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Happy New Year 🥳
Grateful to be kicking off 2025 alongside these smart & talented ladies 🤍 @wpri12
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#GoodMorning from Providence! ✨ So happy to have the SUNSHINE back in Southern New England ☀️ #GoodVibes @WPRI12
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Hope you had a Merry Christmas❤️
After spending the holiday w/ family in PA, I’m back in RI to anchor the 4, 5, 6, 6:30, 10 & 11pm shows🎥
We’ve got your news, weather & our @StreetStories12 Christmas special airs at 4:30, 5:30 & 10:30! See you then @wpri12 #GoodVibes #AnchorUp
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Before ➡️ after! ✨
This @wpri12 crew cleaned 300 headstones at the RI Veterans Memorial Cemetery in #Exeter this morning 💪🏼
It’s all part of @NXSTMediaGroup’s #FoundersDay, an annual event where we take time to give back to our community ❤️ #NexstarNation #NexstarCares #Team12
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For those who have asked:
-this is from Sam’s NY System in North Providence
-both were absolutely delicious
-I’m also sad it took this long, but now it’s officially been crossed off the list!
After almost three years of living in Rhode Island, it’s finally happening - hot wieners AND coffee milk!! #FirstTimer
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Wishing America a very happy birthday!! 🥳🇺🇸🎆
Grateful to be anchoring our Fourth of July evening & nighttime newscasts here at @wpri12. Hope you’re having a safe & happy (and relatively dry!) Independence Day holiday ❤️🤍💙 #GoodVibes #AnchorUp
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Happy #Thanksgiving 😊🦃 wishing you & yours a safe and happy holiday!
So many reasons to be thankful this year — my family, friends, new opportunities and a career I love!
Holding down the anchor desk at 4, 5, 6, 10 & 11 ⚓️ See you then! #AnchorUp #GoodVibes @wpri12
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For the record, we DID NOT plan this - @KimKalunian and I are just on the same wavelength 😂 (that’s what happens when you anchor a show together every day!)
We’ll see you at 4! 💙 #AnchorUp #TGIF @wpri12
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Spent the last few days saying goodbye to my Opa, who passed away Friday.
He valiantly beat cancer, & when it robbed him of his ability to eat, he kept fighting & living life to the fullest, for 12 years! He treated each day like the gift it is.
I love you, Opa. Rest In Peace🖤
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You know it’s official when your headshot is on the wall at the news station!! Look at that 4pm team 🤩🎥 @KimKalunian @tony_tpetrarca @wpri12 #AnchorUp
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Once our work is done, it’s time to have a little fun ☃️
(Though, let’s be honest, my idea of fun is being in the snow in general ❄️)
First snowstorm of 2024 ✅ #GoodVibes @wpri12
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Apparently navy is the color of the day here at @wpri12!
Grateful every day I get to work alongside these talented ladies 💙👏🏼 @ShannonHegy @KimKalunian #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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Hey there, happy Monday 😊
Back from vacation feeling refreshed & ready to take on the week — see you at 4 on @wpri12 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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Wishing a very happy birthday to my rockstar coanchor @KimKalunian 🥳
It’s a blessing to share the 4pm anchor desk with Kim — an amazing journalist, mom, coworker and friend 🤍 Hope you’re having a great day & great vacation!! #AnchorUp @wpri12
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It’s the last Monday of 2024 🤯 and no better place to spend it than in the @wpri12 studios with @WxMcneil!
If you missed us during the evening newscasts, we’ll be back tonight at 10 and 11 with your local news, #NYE forecast & more 🎥 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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Good morning! ☀️👋🏻
While I really enjoyed spending a few days tracking #Henri & its impact along the Rhode Island coast — I’m happy to be back in the @WPRI12 studios (& dried off!) this morning. Hope your day is off to a great start 😊 #GoodVibes
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Perks of working the morning shift - you’re awake to see the sun come up ☀️🌆🔥🤩 #GoodMorning #AMNewsers @wpri12 @FOXProvidence
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50+ Providence firefighters are headed to New Haven, CT to pay respects to their brother, Ricardo Torres Jr. of @NewHavenFire, who died in the line of duty on May 12. The fallen hero will be laid to rest today. @WPRI12 @ProvFirefighter #LODD
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Happy Thursday! 🌼💛
We’re one day closer to the weekend, and this Fish is anchoring another newscast ⚓️ I’ll be filling in at noon — see you on @wpri12 😊 #AnchorUp #GoodVibes
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Being in your late 20s is actually really cool. I saved $78 at the grocery store today by clipping digital coupons & shopping deals - and it was exhilarating!
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Happy #StPatricksDay✨
Rocking the green for our live reports in #Providence this morning 🍀💚🍀 Do you have any traditions or special plans for Saint Patrick’s Day?
#GoodMorning #GoodVibes @wpri12
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Welcome to New England — where a man wearing shorts walks past another man cleaning snow off a car with a shovel & a wheelbarrow.
I love it here.
#Blizzard2022 @wpri12 @meldasilva9 @RIprobz
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