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Somebody in Congress needs to hurry up and get us that stimulus money!

At the beginning of this pandemic, we had a run on toilet tissue which was one of the last things I would have ever expected. The latest shortage across America had me scratching my head again... until I looked in my cupboard.

Not Eating Out? You Are Saving!

You can check online to see if you are owed any money or property from the United States Treasury Department and it's a free service! Now, go claim your money, honey!

In a recent survey conducted by Bankrate, one in five Americans do not save ANY money and those that do save very little. Not so in Yakima County.

The lotteries are getting up there again. I know, I know -- the odds are pretty slim for someone winning the lotto. However, someone always does. Why not us?

It blows my mind that once someone buys a lotto ticket they do not check it the next day. I try to buy a lotto ticket every time we get paid, just in case. When the lotto numbers come out, I watch for them. Yup, I am that person. In the 24 hours I buy my lotto ticket and before they read the numbers, I have a list of things I am going to do. Yup, I am that person, too. New York sold a lotto ticket

I loved my old piggy bank. I used to get so excited when it would get full because I could empty it and buy some candy or toys. Of course, that was way back in the day.

I've been a radio broadcaster since I was 18, working my way up the ladder in the broadcasting world so my knowledge of what other people earn in Yakima hasn't been something I'd readily know. I was doing research on another article and it occurred to me that may be I wasn't the only interested in how my current salary stacks up against the national average. I soon discovered that my salary in Yak

The Yakima Herald-Republic recently reported that 86-year-old Paul McCulloh had found a mysterious suitcase in the storage unit he had rented for years. The suitcase wasn't his, but it contained a treasure trove of a family's memories -- photos, ashes of a pet dog, books and other mementos. The Herald posted a photo of the suitcase's contents on their website in hopes that someone would come forwa

Summer is coming to an end. It makes me sad because, I love the warm weather and I love yard sales! Every time I turned a corner on Saturday, August 13th, there was a yard sale! I came upon some fantastic deals but, one yard sale caught my eye. I wasn't just one yard sale, it was the entire block of Summitview and 28th in Yakima!

The Mega Millions drawing is tonight (July 8) and it is up there pretty high -- $540 million is excellent. Heck, I would take 1/8 of that! Anyway, I bought myself a ticket. I think I will buy another one right before the drawing this evening.