Americans Prepare to Spend $1 Trillion this Holiday Shopping Season
U.S. – More than half of all Americans plan to buy things over the five-day holiday weekend, the beginning of a retail shopping season with consumers projected to spend more than $1 trillion. Some 186.9 million people
Dozens of Spokane Valley Residents call for Elected Official’s Resignation

SPOKANE, WA – Dozens of people condemned Spokane Valley Councilmember Jessica Yaeger on Tuesday after she posted to social media that she is a “proud Islamaphobe,” calling for her resignation. Yaeger posted a photo to her personal
Yakima Republicans Calling for Investigation into Election Raffle Prize Giveaway

YAKIMA COUNTY, WA – The Yakima County Republican Party is calling for a statewide investigation into an activist organization that hosted a ballot-related raffle during the 2025 general election in Sunnyside. According to social media posts sent
Former WSU Kicker Dean Janikowski Returns To Pullman Saturday To Raise Money For Local Cancer Patients

PULLMAN, WA – Former Washington State University kicker Dean Janikowski is back in Pullman on Saturday to help raise money to support local cancer patients. Dean’s brother Jack still plays for the Cougars and the boys continue
When was the first Thanksgiving? It’s Actually up for Debate

TEXAS – As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this year, many believe the first thanksgiving was held in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1621. However, the first Thanksgiving celebration was held two decades earlier in an area south of El Paso
Moscow’s Small Business Saturday this Weekend

MOSCOW, ID – It’s Small Business Saturday this weekend as shoppers are encouraged to shop local for Christmas gifts. The Moscow Chamber of Commerce is hosting a scavenger hunt. Pick up a card from the chamber and
Oregon Emergency Office not just focused on Natural Disasters, but Food Insecurity

SALEM, OR – In a warehouse just south of Salem the week before Thanksgiving, about a dozen state employees passed 1,500 boxes down a line, each dropping cans of beans, rice, canned fruit and other non-perishable food
Former Idaho Health Official brings same Foster Home Focus to Federal Post

WASHINGTON, D.C. – When Alex Adams stepped into his role leading the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare in June 2024, he immediately announced a laser focus on foster care. Adams, nominated by President Donald Trump in
Tariffs Trickle into cost of Thanksgiving Dinner, Jilting Consumers and Farmers

TOPEKA, KA — Collin Tuthill, president of one of the country’s largest canned and frozen food importers and distributors, said the current state of the U.S. food industry is “like we live in some kind of alternate