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Retiring On Social Security Alone Is Actually Possible In This Affordable Oregon Town

Most retirement advice assumes you have more money than you actually do, which is helpful in the same way that a screen door on a submarine is helpful. Hermiston, Oregon skips the assumptions and offers something more useful: a real town where a Social Security income is genuinely enough to live well.

Hermiston, OR · 4d
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Washington GOP Election Results: Close Races Could Shift Power in Olympia

Washington · 1d

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Morrow County data center growth brings both promotion and pushback

Just 15 minutes apart, two Morrow County communities approached Eastern Oregon’s growing data center push from different perspectives this week. On Thursday in Irrigon, residents at a city planning commission meeting raised concerns about future development. That same evening, 14 miles away in Boardman, county officials and Amazon representatives...

Morrow County, OR · 1d
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Dollar General Eyes Adams Site, Needs City to Nearly Double Size Limit

45 S. Columbia St. — Approximate Existing Dollar General Location. Dollar General wants to plant a new store on the edge of Adams, but the retailer's plans run nearly double the size the city's code currently allows for commercial buildings. The proposed roughly 9,000-square-foot store would need both a variance and a development permit before it can move forward, and the Adams Planning Commission has a meeting scheduled this week to keep the process moving.

Adams, OR · 3d
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Pendleton Fire & Ambulance local option tax failure worries city officials

PENDLETON – Local option taxes are passing for Umatilla County Fire District No. 1 and the Pilot Rock Fire Department (including voters in Lexington). That is not the case for Pendleton Fire & Ambulance. The latest count shows 3,253 voters say no while 2,606 favor the tax. Pendleton Fire...

Pendleton, OR · 2d

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10 Washington Small Towns Where Retirees Say Their Social Security Check Actually Covers Life

One Washington county seat still holds court in a courthouse that has been in use since the 1880s. That detail stopped me cold. A town that keeps something that old working probably knows a thing or two about making things last. Stretching a dollar is a lot like that. It...

Washington · 2d

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Richland 11-year-old runs Blue Mile to honor late Marine brother Xavier Zavala

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Richland, WA · 3d

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Tri-City bookkeeper’s conviction for stealing $500K overturned because of delays

A Franklin County attorney shortage means a Tri-Cities bookkeeper won’t end up in prison even after being convicted for stealing $500,000. The Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, found Brittany R. J. Adams’ months long wait for an attorney violated her constitutional rights. The three-judge panel overturned her convictions for first-degree theft and forgery and said they couldn’t be refiled.

Franklin County, WA · 2d

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Christmas Lights in the Tri-Cities: 2026 Displays, Dates and Cocoa Stops

Top photo courtesy Christmas Carol Lane. Last verified: October 28, 2026. Every date below was checked against the organizer or a current listing, and anything not yet posted for 2026 says so. We recheck through December. For years the answer to “where are the Christmas lights in the Tri-Cities” was easy: Senske’s drive through on... The post Christmas Lights in the Tri-Cities: 2026 Displays, Dates and Cocoa Stops appeared first on Explore Washington State .

Kennewick, WA · 6d

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Groundbreaking on Kennewick VA clinic to bring veterans closer to care

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Kennewick, WA · 2d

Tri-City Herald

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Updated Benton County WA vote count sees Ki-Be levy move toward passing

Results on election night showed that a levy to help Kiona-Benton City schools with operations and their attempt to get off of a state financial oversight list was headed toward failure by just two votes. That meant the race was too close to call, with 775 ballots in support of the levy and 777 ballots opposed. “I know it sounds funny,” Said Pete Peterson, Kiona-Benton’s Superintendent, “but I wasn’t shocked because our last few elections have been exceedingly close.” Now that the ballot counts have been updated, the levy is passing by 32 votes, or 50.6% in support and 49.4% opposed.

Benton County, WA · 2d

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Unlucky Squirrel Interrupts Campus Heating

An ill-fated squirrel tripped off a line of power supplying heat to Whitman buildings on the evening of Oct. 15, leaving much of campus without heat until the morning of Oct. 20. Whitman’s Facilities Services department sent a campus-wide announcement regarding the incident in Whitman Today on Oct. 16.

Walla Walla, WA · 1d

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Resource expo connects veterans with employment, housing and health services

PASCO, Wash. — Veterans of all ages had a chance to connect with organizations offering employment, housing, health and other community resources at a recent Columbia Basin Veterans Center expo.

Pasco, WA · 1d

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Kennewick looks to save money as inflation affects the city budget

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Kennewick, WA · 2d

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City of Sunnyside roundabout design moves forward at I-82 exit 69

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. —Design work is moving forward for a roundabout at the Interstate 82 Exit 69 eastbound ramp and Highway 241 in Sunnyside to improve traffic flow and handle freight and development traffic. According to a presentation for city council members on November 4, a 2021 Falcon Ridge traffic study found future operation problems at the eastbound ramp terminal. It also said WSDOT required the city to study intersection changes tied to development traffic and approved a single-lane roundabout option in 2022. The planned work includes a single-lane roundabout at SR 241 and the I-82 Exit 69 eastbound ramp terminal. It also includes roadway reconstruction, drainage upgrades, person facilities with ADA curb ramps, lighting, signs and pavement markings. The city received $1,802,000 in Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board funding through the 2025-27 transportation budget. The update said design is fully funded through that money and developer contributions, the agenda report said. The preliminary engineering package totals $600,000. That included $527,000 for consultant design services and $73,000 for WSDOT services, the report added. Council approval of the design agreement is listed as the next step. After that, the city plans to begin design work and pursue additional construction funding.

Sunnyside, WA · 2d

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Walla Walla to remove Fourth and Alder traffic signal after decades of use

WALLA WALLA — The city of Walla Walla will shift the traffic signal at Fourth Avenue and Alder Street to a flashing operation starting next Friday as a precursor to decommissioning the intersection’s hardware. Under the interim system, Fourth Avenue traffic will face a flashing red light and...

Walla Walla, WA · 2d

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Walla Walla City Council approves 2027 residential recycling rate increase

WALLA WALLA — The Walla Walla City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday night raising monthly residential recycling rates beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Under the approved ordinance, the monthly household rate will increase from the current $8.15 to $8.52, an adjustment of 37 cents. The new total includes $6.87 per...

Walla Walla, WA · 1d

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Hospice agency eyes nearby park for new admin office

A local nonprofit wants to buy a Kennewick park to build a new $6.5 million administration building. But the city hasn’t yet decided if it’s ready to give up the green space. Tri-Cities Chaplaincy wants to consolidate its services in a new office in the nearly 3-acre Yelm...

Kennewick, WA · 5d

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Expanded services, less driving for vets. Work starts on new Tri-Cities VA clinic.

Work has started to build the Kennewick VA Clinic , a Tri-Cities clinic that will be 10 times larger than the current one in the Richland Federal Building and offer far more services. “The impact of this clinic is going to be measured far beyond concrete, brick and mortar,” said Luke Strozewski, acting regional operations officer for the Veterans Administration health service area that includes Washington state, at a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday. “It’s going to be measured by healthier veterans, stronger families and lives that have been improved because the care is available right here in their community,” he said. The new VA clinic building will have about 100,000-square feet, more than 10 times the size of the clinic now in Richland. It will offer not only primary care for veterans but expand offerings to include pharmacy, prosthetics, laboratory services, dental, audiology, optometry, radiology, home-based primary care and support for homeless veterans, all in a modern medical setting. Just this week local VA officials also heard that funding had been made available to offer some specialized cardiology care in the Tri-Cities. The result will be fewer trips for veterans to the Jonathan Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla Walla

Kennewick, WA · 2d

Apple Valley News Now

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Walla Walla County firefighters put out brush fire near Snake River

WALLA WALLA COUNTY, Wash. – Rural fire crews, hampered by tough terrain and a lack of local infrastructure, spent a big chunk of Monday putting out a fire in the distant northern reaches of Walla Walla County near the Snake River.

Walla Walla County, WA · 3d