Oregon lawmakers eye $1,000 fine for cellphone use while driving
SALEM, Ore. — The maximum fine for motorists caught talking on their cellphones or texting while driving would increase from $250 to $1,000 under a bill that is being considered by the Oregon Legislature, a move intended to make distracted driving a more serious crime.
Walla Walla City Council should adopt attendance policy
Council member Shane Laib has taken a temporary job in Olympia, which triggered concern and debate about missing meetings.
The Walla Walla City Council would be wise to adopt a policy outlining appropriate reasons for Council members to miss meetings.
Fort Walla Walla Museum worth visiting
I don’t get out to the Fort Walla Walla Museum very often, but my husband and I are members and he does volunteer work there as needed, therefore, he gets out there reasonably often.
NRA flunks former ally in Olympia
SEATTLE — I guess there’s no fury like the NRA scorned.
Reach out to school employees who make a difference
Each year in March, the Washington State School Retirees Association urges people to remember to show appreciation to those school employees who made a difference in their lives. We have nearly 600 retirees in Walla Walla and Columbia counties who are members of this group.
Column’s name-calling, ridicule don’t foster finding solutions
The David Horsey column in the March 17 U-B is an insult to law-abiding gun owners and a classic example of the type of ad hominem attacks those opposed to Second Amendment rights like to level against people who own firearms.
Cougar, coyote photos draw quite a crowd
Lori Iverson has a new appreciation of what the phrase “going viral” means.
Is this the government we want?
You can’t miss the political turmoil in our country today.
