Sting aplenty in City of Walla Walla budget
WALLA WALLA — More taxes, fewer employees and more program cuts pretty much sums up the bad news for the city’s 2013-14 biennial budget.
Guard hopes to fly drones out of Pendleton airport
PENDLETON (AP) — The National Guard in Pendleton expects to launch unmanned air vehicles soon out of the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport to train its 23-troop platoon.
Concerns remain about aquifer
In November 2011 I wrote offficials of Walla Walla County about my concerns regarding protection of our shallow aquifer in the airport area. I recommended that a more thorough hydrogeologic assessment be made before the airport was designated as being outside of the Critical Aquifer Recharge Area (CARA).



