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Public to testify on zoning
State law limits public testimony to the planning commission level.
WALLA WALLA -- Members of the public will get their chance this week to testify in support of or against a number of zoning-change requests now being reviewed by the Walla Walla County Planning Commission.The commission will review several zoning change r
Eastgate Lions Club offers free health screenings
Free hearing, eye, glucose and blood pressure tests will be available from the Eastgate Lions Club Health Trailer from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday.The trailer will be at the Plaza Safeway/Baker Boyer parking lot, 500 Plaza Way.
Hair today, gone Wednesday to complete bargain
WALLA WALLA - The youth group at St. Paul's Episcopal Church raised more than $1,500 in May to benefit the Regional Cancer Center at Providence St. Mary Medical Center. In keeping with the bargain he made with the group, their priest, the Rev. Birch Rambo
Dog walking focus of Lunchtime Learning session
WALLA WALLA - "Perfecting the Walk" is the topic at the monthly Lunchtime Learning session, noon-12:30 p.m. on June 12 at Animal Clinic of Walla Walla, 2089 Taumarson Road.Participants will learn how to teach a dog to walk on a leash; why dogs pull on the
Streakers at Sweets baseball game land in jail
WALLA WALLA - Opening night at the Sweets baseball game saw a couple of streakers, which was followed by a couple of arrests.Police were dispatched to Borleske Stadium at 9:30 p.m. Friday for two streakers, a male and a female, who were being held by staf
POLICE - Arrests made in door-to-door soliciting scams
FROM A WWPD PRESS RELEASE:Walla County Sheriff's Deputies and City Police were inundated with numerous calls regarding the scammers who have been targeting the Walla Walla Valley the past several days. Six of the door-to-door solicitors were brought in to
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Wait for decision from justice system
As I read the letter by Kathleen Dauchy it brought up a few things I feel need to be addressed.First, I'd like to say that my heart does go out to the mother of the man who was shot while committing a crime. No parent should outlive their child.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Inmates have basic human rights
I could not believe what I was reading in the Sunday Union-Bulletin's Perspective section.Under Walla Walla County Sheriff John A. Turner's special column to the U-B, "Sheriff's Office is saving local taxpayer's money," two of the headlines were in regard
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Third-party investigation needed
First of all, let me start by saying that I do not know either party in the recent shooting on Isaacs Avenue. I do not wish to condemn or convict anyone. All I have are questions:1. Is it really "Stand Your Ground" if you leave a safe place (your residenc
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - President Obama wants to control us
If President Obama can't take the heat he should get out of the race. If the voters can't express their opinion then it appears he wants to be another Hitler. My way only.Our current president does not give diddley about us as citizens, only what he wants
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Memorial Day is sacred
Memorial Day is about more than summer road trips and mattress sales.For 27 years, I served our country alongside my fellow federal workers. My civil service occurred following 22 years of active duty in the U. S. Army.In addition to serving every America
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Walla Wallans helped Aviary reach goal
I appreciate Walla Wallans for their tremendous support of the Pioneer Park Aviary rummage sale! Because of them, the goal for funding it through the end of this year has been reached.Please remember to continue to ask the powers that be to reinstate the
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Let's clean house at election time
I find it curious as well as insulting that, after being in office for three-plus years and ignoring the Memorial Day holiday other than him going on golf vacations, President Obama decides that our veterans and our graduating military men and women deser
Grand slam lifts Corvallis past Sweets in season opener
Walla Walla falls to Corvallis, 6-4, after a grand slam in the eighth inning.
WALLA WALLA — Corvallis' Austin Barr needed just one swing to make a forgettable offensive night memorable during his team's season-opening West Coast League baseball game with the Walla Walla Sweets on Friday night at Borleske Stadium.In his first three
Knights trample Sweets in 12-3 rout
Corvallis capitalizes on three Walla Walla errors as the Knights pick up five runs before the Sweets get on the board.
WALLA WALLA — Corvallis built a 5-0 lead after two-and-a-half innings Saturday night and cruised to a 12-3 victory over the Walla Walla Sweets in the middle game of a three-game West Coast League baseball series at Borleske Stadium.The defending WCL champ
Trojans trip up Weston-McEwen in championship
The TigerScots build a 3-0 lead but struggle down the stretch as they fall, 10-4, in the Oregon Class 1A/2A baseball title game.
SALEM — After three innings of play in the Oregon Class 1A/2A state championship Friday, Weston-McEwen held a 3-0 lead over the Kennedy Trojans and was in control.But the TigerScots allowed nine runs over the next two innings — seven of them unearned — en
