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Justin Raffa the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Mid-Colombia Master Singer's Production of "Song ...
Raffa, center, conducts performers in rehearsal at Walla Walla University Church.
Members of the choir of the Mid-Colombia Mastersingers rehearse recently.
Soloist Laura Pattillo rehearses with the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers.
At work in Fort Walla Walla Museum's garden, David Venner, left and Doug Saturno portray ...
Berle 'Rusty' Figgins portrays Francesco Leonetti in the museum's vineyard.
Irish fiddler Kevin Burke will perform at the Pendleton Center for the Arts with Cal ...
Leaving what seemed like a trail of burning dust, a horse and rider move along ...
Glen Gibbons Sr. is flanked at his desk by prune growers in this photo from ...
Mac-Hi beat Umatilla 25-20, 14-25, 25-20 Thursday night.
Led by Destiny Thornhill (center) the Mac-Hi bench erupts with celebration over the Pioneers' come-from-behind, ...
sMac-Hi beat Umatilla 25-20, 14-25, 25-20 Thursday night.
Haley Freske during Mac-Hi's win over Umatilla 25-20, 14-25, 25-20 Thursday night.
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Mac-Hi's Cheyenne Kessler gets the outstretched dig against Umatilla in the Pioneers' match win against ...
One hand for balance and one for the dig, Mac-Hi's Jolene Brannan flies for a ...
Morning cofee in tow, Brent Dunn follows his shadow to the office Thursday morning on ...
Bartlow practices his release recently at the Waitsburg-Prescott practice field.
Waitsburg-Prescott quarterback Zach Bartlow strives for perfection both on and off the field.
A lone bicyclist takes a scenic loop around a corner of Reser Road near the ...
Irish Stephanie Ferrel and Chantel Blanc celebrate after tying the match at one-all against Dayton ...
DeSales' Annie Higgins grimaces as she slams into the court while diving for a dig ...
Dayton's Chelsey Wooldridge volleys in the close victory over DeSales Tuesday.
DeSales' Chantel Blanc attempts to field a ball inches from the net and Dayton's Courtney ...
DeSales' Abby Larreaue blocks a kill attempt from Dayton's Shelby Smith Tuesday.
DeSales' Annie Higgins sneaks a kill past Dayton's Shelby Smith Tuesday night.
Dayton's Darci Hall battles an Irish player at the net Tuesday night.
Emotions were high Tuesday night as Nicole Lambert cheers after a short rally for the ...
Nicole Lambert reacts to a close net call during Dayton's second set loss Tuesday night.
Abby Larreau hits a kill around a Dayton block for the Irish Tuesday.
DeSales' Claire Conley dives for a dig during the Irish's first set loss against the ...
Chelsey Wooldridge focuses as she sets a pass during the 25-23 first set victory over ...
Irish player Claire Conley softly taps a ball over the net during Tuesday night's match-up ...
Three people appear tiny on the rim of a Diamond Crater.
The P. French Round Barn is a popular detour from the Blitzen River Valley Auto ...
The P. French Round Barn can be seen with a short detour from the Blitzen ...
Sandhill cranes settle into a field on the Blitzen River Valley Auto Tour.
Many ponds and marshes provide wildlife habitat in the Blitzen River Valley.
Juniper trees were used to construct the inside of the P. French Round Barn.
Deer pause to watch visitors pass 10 yards away on the Blitzen River Valley Auto ...
A skinny coyote crosses the Blitzen Valley road.
A jackrabbit stops to ogle visitors along the Blitzen River Valley Auto Tour.
A bull snake crosses the Blitzen River Valley road.
A blue heron rustles among the weeds at a pond on the Blitzen River Valley ...
Leaping high off the baseline, Whitman College sophomore Andrew La Cava returns a high bouncing ...
Whitman College senior Connor Holton-Burke lays his head on the court after slipping while coming ...
Playing up at the net, Whitman's Andrew La Cava reaches for a backhand volley during ...
Whitman's Connor Holton-Burke charges toward the net to come up with a drop shot from ...
Whitman College sophomore Andrew La Cava shows some of the strain of battling fellow Whitman ...
A dive from Whitman College goalkeeper Michael Bathurst (No. 1) and a leap from defender ...
Whitman's Claire Westcott (left) and Puget Sound's Rosie Jaye battle for the ball Sunday afternoon.
Whitman College's Riley Hernandez (No. 8) competes for the ball on the low-side of a ...
Alpacas and llamas at Wheatland Alpaca got a healthy dose of human visitors Saturday at ...
Touchet's Vicente Flores intercepts a Sunnyside-Christian pass with just his fingertips Friday. He would go ...
Touchet's Edgar Rincon smiles as he crosses the goal line after out-running the Sunnyside-Christian defense ...
Wa-Hi's Brigit Lyons scores in the first half of Saturday's soccer game against Wenatchee at ...
Change is in the air for the local library systems, with a new director in ...
Wilton "Bish" Bishop talks about his late wife, Gayla, who died unexpectedly this summer from ...
Wilton "Bish" Bishop and his son Gregg stand near the garden tended by Bish Bishop's ...
Wilton "Bish" Bishop looks through a file of photos of himself and his wife, Gayla, ...
Waitsburg-Prescotts Danny Stansell (right) fights off a tackle by Riverside's Abel Murillo (left) Friday night.
A new coffee machine sits just inside the entrance to the Walla Walla Public Library ...
Minutes before closing, library staff prop open an east-side door to bring in the patio ...
Stacks of library books line the walls leading to the Walla Walla Public Library's renovated ...
1893, G.S. Andrus Blacksmith and Wagon Maker
1955, Marsh Aviation Company.
1958, Penitentiary Play.
1971, Shimy's.
1955, Spudnut Shop.
1916, Independent Garage.
1978, Tylers.
1971, Denney's Hi-Spot Cafe.
Bruce Curnuck, an operating room nurse at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, chats during a ...
A great blue heron stands on board in a pond. Master birder Mike Denny will ...
Denny explains here the importance of various plants to birds and other wildlife.
Seafoam green accents the crisp, white pressed tin and ornate molding on the vaulted ceiling ...
Ty and Diana McEuen brought beauty and function into their do-it-yourself kitchen remodel with a ...
Reflecting her personal taste, Nina Conn used family heirloom dishes as color inspiration for her ...
Joanne Price's kitchen.
Two men work to lay the framework for a new roof over a massive expanse ...
Mac-Hi teammates Kayla Huxoll (No. 7) and Amanda Cook follow a Mac-Hi serve over the ...
Waitsburg-Prescott's Amanda Cook (No. 9) calls the ball as it passes over the net against ...
Waitsburg-Prescott's Amanda Cook lunges forward to come up with a short serve from Mac-Hi Wednesday ...
Mac-Hi's offense works against Waitsburg-Prescott Wednesday night.
Waitsburg-Prescott's Ronnie Hulce digs the ball during the second game against the Mac-Hi Pioneers Wednesday ...
Waitsburg-Prescott's Adriana Benito comes up with a pass from her knees on a Mac-Hi serve ...
Waitsburg-Prescott's Dionna Baker (No. 15) hits a kill over the net against the Mac-Hi Pioneers.
Waitsburg-Prescott's Chelsey Brannock (No. 2) connects with a set to hit it over the net ...
Mac-Hi's Dulce Torres (6) makes a left-footed clearance behind the reach of Riverside's number ten ...
Mac-Hi forward Veronica Garcia (No. 14) touches the ball with her left foot at the ...
Mac-Hi's Micaela Epifanio (2) keeps an eye on the ball as she brings it under ...
Mac-Hi's Beca Betts (8) fends off a slide tackle from a Riverside player during the ...
Mac-Hi's Makia Carlson (15) heads the ball up-field during the Pioneers' game against Riverside Tuesday ...
Nora leads the scenic half-mile hike to the Steens Mountain Summit.
Wildflowers and pine white butterflies may flourish on Steens Mountain.
Visitors stand on the edge of the half-mile deep Kiger Gorge.
Visitors see this view of a glacier-carved canyon in Steens Mountain from the South Steens ...
A glacier carved Kiger Gorge to a depth of one-half mile.
A BLM spokesperson says the green circle may be an alfalfa or hay field.
Big Indian Gorge runs southwest from near Steens Mountain summit.
Despite the smoke, East Rim views stretch eastward, with what a BLM spokesperson said was ...
Despite visible forest-fire smoke, the view from Steens East Rim stretches across the Alvord Desert.
Walla Walla Public Library Reading Garden is now open.
[Yasuteru Yamada, co-founder of the Skilled Veterans Corps, explains why he helped to establish the ...
Jones ensures Randy is keeping to the side of the road.
Randy guides owner and partner Ernie Jones on a walk in their rural neighborhood near ...
Out for his Monday morning commute, a man barefoot boards on Roosevelt Street Monday morning ...
Left to right, the Turner family, Jimmye, Shonee, Danna and Dyani, perform together.
Shonee Turner plays the mandolin, one of several performers who took part in the 39th ...
The Blue Devils' Blake Rowley (right) rolls for extra yardage out of the grasp of ...
Wa-Hi's Moe Handcox, Jr., takes upends Wenatchee's Tyler Lyons during the Blue Devils' second defensive ...
After a sharp cut to the outside, Wa-Hi running back Jonah Hoe goes on a ...
Stopped on fourth down inside the 10-yard line for the second time just before the ...
After Moe Handcox's tight coverage forced the fourth-down incompletion just before the half with Wa-Hi ...
The Blue Devil defense goes wild after the official measurement confirmed they had stopped Wenatchee ...
Wa-Hi quarterback Dakota Turner targets Blake Rowley for a first down in the Blue Devils' ...
Wenatchee's Collin Delong (No. 20) drew the pass interference call as he plowed into an ...
Wa-Hi's Katelyn Elmenhurst starts the 200-yard Freestyle against Kamiakin during their swim meet Saturday.
A worker tapes plastic around windows of the Whiteside Building at 51 E. Main St. ...
Work continues Saturday morning on the historic Whiteside Building at 51 E. Main Street.
Work is being done in Mill Creek (photographed from Roosevelt Street bridge) to improve channel ...
Framed through the holes of a perimeter fence along Mill Creek, huge chunks of concrete ...
Perhaps sensing the improved flow of fish through Mill Creek with work being done in ...
Three generation of Drs. Wheelers ( Left to right Dr Carl Wheeler, Dr. Doug Wheeler ...
Weston-McEwen QB Dallas Reich stays calm under pressure from Dayton's Isaiah Lambert during the Tigerscots ...
Weston-McEwen QB Dallas Reich congratulates Elliot Salter and the Tigerscots offense after pulling ahead of ...
Weston-McEwen's Jacob Ramirez (No. 22) does some TD prevention as he steps in front of ...
After taking the short pass from QB Dallas Reich, breaking Dayton tackles and outrunning the ...
With Weston-McEwen ahead 14-0, TigerScots quarterback Dallas Reich scrambles around in the pocket and escapes ...
Colorful handcrafted hats are displayed at a previous Sheep to Shawl Festival on the grounds ...
Sarah Civay painted Steptoe's post near Mill Creek at the second Walla Walla Treaty Council ...
If the dog days of summer are gone don't tell these guys! Two yellow labs ...
With a Warrior's yell, Walla Walla Community College's Laekynn Culpepper celebrates a second-game, 25-17 win ...
Behind layers of shades, and protected from the afternoon sun, a painter climbs a step ...
Mac-Hi's Cheyenne Kessler volleys the ball to the net for the set and point against ...
Mac-Hi's Haley Freske sets her sight on the Pioneer offense with a pass at the ...
Helix's Kristin Williams runs down the kill, but can't quite reach it to save the ...
Arms raised, the Mac-Hi volleyball team gathers around Kaitlin Erm (facing) before tearing through Helix ...
Helix's MacKayla Nitz (No. 25) leads the early first game cheers while it was still ...
Helix's Ana Goodwin just misses the dig against Mac-Hi Tuesday night in Milton-Freewater.
With Mac-Hi's Avery Wells set to block, Helix's Brittany Iles (right) finds the path of ...
The Pioneers celebrate an ace under the "Pioneer Pride" banner during the second game of ...
An abandoned ear of corn, soon to be in a pot of "Highway Stew," rests ...
The image, "The great Plague of 1665," depicts the horrors of a Black Death outbreak ...
Walla Walla General Hospital employee Lucy Garcia assembles this day's cold lunches for Meals on ...
An abundance of squash varieties, including pumpkins, are available locally in the fall.
WWVA's Nathaniel Palmer (19) comes up with a header above the reach of Dayton's Courtney ...
WWVA's Alez Aamodt (5) brings the ball down this his chest Monday evening during the ...
WWVA's Cameron Fitzgerald (10) leans back attempting to come up with a header above Dayton's ...
WWVA's Filip Milichivic (15) swings his leg up high as Dayton's Tim Alznaur (32) leaps, ...
Dayton's Tim Ihle (10) launches himself into a clearance to keep the ball away from ...
WWVA's Cameron Fitzgerald (10) looks to the back of the net as he takes a ...
On a walking tour outside the enology and viticulture building, Walla Walla Community College president ...
Walla Walla Community College president Steve VanAusdle talks about the success of some of the ...
A U.S. flag hangs between two Walla Walla Fire Department ladder trucks over Main Street ...
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Logan Morris stands watch with his father, Walla Walla Fire Department ...
Touchet running back Colter McKeown (No. 14) breaks free of a Condon-Wheeler tackler.
Warrior Kyle Menchaca (left) and South Puget Sound Community College's Josiah Strain (right) tug at ...
Running away from his blockers and the Mac-Hi defense, Weston-McEwen's Elliot Salter (No. 32) springs ...
Weston-McEwen's Nick Lively dives for a pass out in front of him during the TigerScots' ...
Weston McEwen's Jared Bond (No. 3) leans back to catch a long pass under tight ...
WWCC's Erik Vaught (No. 7) celebrates with teammates after scoring on a bicycle kick inside ...
Touchet's Vicente Flores (left) shows his defensive side, reaching over Condon-Wheeler's Nick Shaffer to knock ...
Touchet's Matt Shute (No. 71) cannot help but smile as he runs toward the end ...
WWCC's Erik Vaught (No. 7) touches the ball past the South Puget Sound goalkeeper and ...
WWCC's Jordan Rodriguez (middle) looks to the goal as she attempts to head the ball ...
Walla Walla Community College's Paige Sorensen (second from right) watches her arching shot sail toward ...
Two men look on from the backyard of a home that abuts the commerical property ...
A firefighter is silhouetted by towering flames Friday night at about 11:19 p.m. in the ...
Spectators were awed by Chip Chipman's car at Wheelin' Walla Walla on Saturday.
Chip Chipman and wife Bernie sit in the car that won him Best of Show ...
Wild birds, along with one domestic goose hen, flock to Joanna Lanning, aviary caretaker, at ...
Left to right: Firefighter David Jardin, Capt. Jim Hays and Firefighter Kyle Saur plant the ...
The department's name is displayed on Firefighter David Jardin's back.
A collection of American flags stands in a bucket near gas trimmers and flower topiaries.
Robert Goulet, right, works to position an empty concrete vault with Willie Hammond, back.
Roubert Goulet, right, and Willie Hammond, background, carefully position and lower an empty concrete vault ...
Kristen Heilbrun clears debris from the site of an upcoming service.
Mike Leonetti and Bob Steben, in the background, carefully mow between headstones.
Bob Steben, a groundskeeper at Mountain View Cemetery, walks through headstones adjusting sprinklers between times ...
Two men look on from the backyard of a home that abuts the commercial property ...
Neighbors and fire trucks and crews crowd North Palouse Street Friday evening as smoke billows ...
A downy woodpecker clings to the underside of a tall flowering weed stalk searching for ...
Dayton's Hayden Fullerton (22) rushes down the Bulldogs sideline during the first half of Dayton's ...
Both hands reach the ball as Dayton's Isaiah Lambert comes up with a diving fingertip ...
Wide open down field, Dayton's Isaiah Lambert dives for a long pass from quarterback Colton ...
Dayton defensive lineman Kroft Sunderland (No. 65) steps right into a short pass intended for ...
Dayton quarterback Colton Bicklehaupt (No. 7) rolls out of the pocket under tight pressure from ...
Being thrown to the ground for a tackle, Dayton receiver Isaiah Lambert (28) is stripped ...
After grabbing a pass mid-air, Dayton's Isaiah Lambert (28) finds coverage from Enterprise's Marcus Lynn ...
Katharine Curles returns to the Wa-Hi swim team as head coach this season. Curles was ...
Dayton's Isaiah Lambert hangs onto the football as he comes back to the turf after ...
Surrounded by the Bulldogs coaching staff, wide receiver Isaiah Lambert (28) is congratulated after his ...
Dayton's Hayden Fullerton (22) loses the ball on a big hit from Eisenhower tackler Marcus ...
Just in front of an Enterprise player, Dayton's Hayden Fullerton (22) comes up with a ...
Kathy McConnel stands inside of cluster of grape vines which are inside of her and ...
Stepping to her right, Dayton's Nichole Lambert (2) comes up with a dig during the ...
Cardinal Ronnie Hulce (1) eyes a kill during Waitsburg-Prescott's game against Dayton Wednesday evening.
In front of the Cardinal fan base attending the game in Dayton, Waitsburg-Prescott's Amanda Cook ...
The Bulldogs team celebrates their five-game victory over the Waitsburg-Prescott Cardinals Wednesday evening.
Dayton's McKayla Bickelhaupt (5) sets the ball across the net against Waitsburg-Prescott.
Teammates Nichole Lambert (2) and Jessica Tate (7) overlap each other looking for the pass ...
Dayton's Nichole Lambert (2) pulls back hitting against Waitsburg-Prescott Wednesday evening.
Dayton's McKayla Bickelhaupt (5) eyes a kill over the net Wednesday evening against Waitsburg-Prescott.
Waitsburg-Prescott's Amanda Cook keeps a tight fist while digging the ball from the ground.
Dayton's Darci Hall lays out in pursuit of a dig in the Bulldogs' win Wednesday ...
Dayton's volleyball team celebrates a come-from-behind victory during a Wednesday evening match against Waitsburg-Prescott.
Dayton's Jessica Tate (left) ranges down and to her left to lunge for a dig ...
Dayton's Chelsea Wooldridge (6) passes the ball to a teammate behind her during the Bulldogs' ...
Waitsburg libero (14) lunges forward to come up with a pass against Waitsburg-Prescott.
Dayton head coach Shannon Turner leads her team in a discussion during a timeout from ...
Mid-court, Dayton's Jessica Tate (7) kneels to pass a ball during the Bulldogs' game against ...
Dayton's Shelby Smith (4) sets the ball over the net, past the reach of Waitsburg-Prescott's ...
Dayton's Lexie Ramirex (9) goes up for a block against Waitsburg-Prescott's Dionna Baker (15).
Waitsburg-Prescott head coach Angie Potts leads her team during their game against Dayton Wednesday evening.
Waitsburg-Prescott's Sarah Mascall (3) reaches for an outside kill during their game in Dayton against ...
City of Walla Walla firefighters from engine 11-1 start their hose as they approach a ...
Murder suspect Angela D. Effinger, 29, is escorted to court Tuesday morning at the Walla ...
Wa-Hi's Tianna Cummings goes horizontal for the dig during first-game action against Chiawana Tuesday night.
Chiawana's Madison Powers (No. 14) gets the block into her side of the net while ...
Wa-Hi's Brogan Watson sets the kill for Devyn Humphreys during second-game action against Chiawana Tuesday ...
Chantelle Zamora rolls with the volleyball turnover following the missed dig against Chiawana.
After losing their first game against Chiawana Tuesday night, the Blue Devils rallied throughout the ...
The Walla Walla Fair board waves to the grandstand crowd from an antique truck circling ...
A mutton buster busts some dirt.
A young mutton buster gets mutton busted and eats dirt just prior to the start ...
George Gillespie loses his hat and a feather in the brim en route to a ...
Cheney cowboy Ryan Gray and his bareback ride kick up their heels for a score ...
Taking his victory lap in the back of a pickup truck, George Gillespie gets a ...
George Gillespie gets some bareback bounce en route to a score of 85 and the ...
Wa-Hi QB Dakota Turner takes aim on a completion during the Blue Devils first possession ...
With a gallery of Blue Devil coaches looking on from the sideline, Wa-Hi's Blake Rowley ...
DeSales' Nick Wales, right, runs against La Salle's Kevin Smith.
DeSales' Joe Duehn get his jersey stretch by La Salle's Kevin Smith.
The Wa-Hi offensive line gives quarterback Dakota Turner some Turner Time to find a receiver ...
Wa-Hi's Robert Ferenz puts the fourth down pressure on Hermiston quarterback Alex Campbell who hurries ...
Blue Devil QB Dakota Turner scrambles for a chunk of first quarter yardage around Hermiston's ...
With scores of fans lining the Fort Walla Walla cross country route, Whitman's Emilie Gilbert ...
The Band Perry lead singer Kimberly Perry pours out a heartfelt love song Wednesday night, ...
Husband and wife country music team Joey+Rory open the three show Fair Concert Wednesday night ...
The LoCash Cowboys appealed to a much younger crowd as 4-year-old Kirra Bond danced energetically ...
Three shows at this year's Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days Concert appeared to please ...
A night of cowboy hats and LoCash Cowboy — among others — as 3 shows ...
The Band Perry erupts on stage with lead singer Kimberly Perry belting out a song ...
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., right, talks with one of the engineers working on repairs ...
... But the bully days for Walla Walla's streets ran out by the late 1950s. ...
Alder Street had more the look of the Mill Creek channel in the spring of ...
After the ruinous flood came a time of rebuilding, and this street scene from the ...
The flood that led to a tighter hold on Mill Creek left many streets in ...
Birch Street shows the cataclysmic effects of the spring 1931 flood in this historical photo ...
Turner hands over the finished horse to Naomi Rupe for her to keep.
”What's your favorite animal?” asks Turner to kids at his booth.
Naomi Rupe, 2, shows her awe and excitement while Jimmye L. Turner draws her favorite ...
What's down there, anyway? All sorts of things. In Walla Walla, you could reasonably expect ...
Freshly applied tar takes on the lines of modern art on a section of a ...
Sometimes the only way to defend against Little Moe Handcox is risk the pass interference ...
Like father, like son. Two generations of football with Big Moe and Little Moe Handcox. ...
Wa-Hi's Josh Eggers, left, and Moe Handcox do the Blue Devil Bump in the endzone ...
Little Moe Handcox goes high with his handy work to pull in a reception last ...
A row of fast draw competitors fire wax bullets from the line during a warm-up ...
Their 45 revolvers holstered, "Kid Creggar" (left) and "Bad Eye Lefty" (right) stand in a ...
Chief of Police for the Umatilla County Tribal Police Tim Addleman rests between rounds of ...
Whitman's Annie Sing (center) and Jillian Davis (right0 do the double dive but can't save ...
Whitman's Annie Sing sails into the celebration off a long volley and eventual Missionary point ...
Whitman's Annie Sing keeps the ball in play with a one-knee slider then reacts with ...
WWCC's Taylor Lancaster serves against Whitman in second-set action.
WWCC's Christine Deitz keeps set focus as she readies the Warriors for the kill against ...
Teammates from Weston McEwen High School, Tiffany Cain (left) and Renee Baumann join the Walla ...
A night of cowboy hats and LoCash Cowboy---among others---as 3 shows lit the Fair Concert ...