What's in a name?
I honestly never saw this coming. While I often publicly have fun at my own expense, it’s typically of my own choosing. And this was not my choice, by any means.
'Deli Debi' dishes out great food, service
The manager of Harvest Foods’ deli preaches respect and a strong work ethic.
Salads, picnic food or hot soup in the cold winter — certain foods just make you happy. The deli at Walla Walla’s Harvest Foods can supply you with mood-lightening fare for all occasions.
Etcetera - 5/21/13
Although initially mentioned in an off-hand manner, 10-year-old Olivier Nicault took his jesting grandparents’ invitation to finish his fifth-grade school year with them quite seriously.
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports as foreigners leave US
WASHINGTON — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation’s 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added today to a sweeping immigration bill.
Pakistan's presumptive prime minister calls for talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government today, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country’s powerful army.
Injured MBTA officer works on recovery
BOSTON (AP) — With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he’s determined to return to duty.
'Anodyne' is a modern link to old-school 'Zelda' games
Wow, “Anodyne” sure took me by surprise. In fact, surprise is the word that I keep coming back to when I think about “Anodyne.”
Persistent low pressure to fill Northwest with gloom
Think spring sunshine has finally taken hold in the Northwest? Think again. A deep, cold and unseasonably potent low-pressure system is forecast to drop south and east from northern British Columbia and position itself off the coast of northwestern Washington this week.
Oregon timber country ponders future with fewer logs
O’BRIEN, Ore. — Jennifer Phillippi’s grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran out.
Cracked cellphone screens become status symbol
Brittany Lofton spots them all the time: teens and college students clutching their beat-up cellphones, with screens so cracked that spider-web-like patterns creep across the glass.
It's time to limit presidency to one term
I was a reporter in D.C. when Bill Clinton was president, and six months or so into his second term The Washington Post ran a huge drawing of the Abraham Lincoln statue looking lazily around the capital and yawning.
Time for Union-Bulletin to grow up
What in the world does the Union Bulletin have against Sheriff John Turner?
Second Amendment essential for freedom
Many years ago I recall a Pomeroy Alumni banquet speaker from Sweden saying, “The United States will never be defeated because every guy who is a guy has a gun.”
An nontraditional approach to fighting terror
Alas, the scumbag terrorists assault us continually, and we refuse to consider honestly any means of combating their atrocities.
Small steps could make highway safer
The stretch of two-lane road between Lowden and Wallula Junction is dangerous enough that lawmakers targeted it for major improvements.
Emergency Services - 5/20/13
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records of area law enforcement and emergency service agencies.
Walla Walla teens injured in Kennewick stabbings
KENNEWICK — Three men have been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident early Saturday in Kennewick that sent two Walla Walla teens to the hospital.
Etcetera - 5/20/13
From now through June 7, Tabitha’s Closet is holding a formal clothing donation drive at Walla Walla High School.
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1B
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
