Sheila Hagar has written for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin since 1998. While she has often freelanced for much larger papers and done projects for magazines, it's the U-B readers who have lived her life — and often their own — through her “Home Place” columns.
In 2004, Sheila joined the staff full-time at the U-B, becoming the health, social-services and entertainment reporter. She continues to write “Home Place,” as well as her blog, “From the Storage Room.”
Recent Stories
Women-only shooting club aims for state chapter
WALLA WALLA — She’s looking for “gals” but sure is getting a lot of calls from men.
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.
When there's no other voice for kids
WALLA WALLA — In Marla and Dave Capra’s living room in the center of Walla Walla, two of three children under their care run, bounce and shower a visitor with well-teethed toys. The third, at 7 months, snoozes in a playpen. She’s oblivious to feet pattering on hardwood and excited shouts.
Athena artist’s work at Marcy’s Bar & Lounge
WALLA WALLA — Jenny Hegdal’s current show hanging at Marcy’s Bar & Lounge was born of desperation.
Double visions for Mom's Day
WALLA WALLA — It’s quite the Mother’s Day for a number of local families — 11, at the least.
Meals program depends on local largesse to fill funding gap
Home-delivered meals programs in the United States are dishing up a million meals a day, facilitated by 2.5 million volunteers and subsidized with less than 30 percent federal funding.
Funding for Meals on Wheels nutrition program loses speed
WALLA WALLA — Cuts in federal and state spending on nutrition and other programs mean looming changes in how some senior citizens in Walla Walla and Columbia counties eat, socialize and get some medical needs met, officials say.
Restaurant co-owner charged in grease-dumping case
WALLA WALLA — A local businessman has been charged with trespassing and destroying private property belonging to the executive director of the YMCA.
Laser beams make light work of hair reduction
I didn’t realize I would so quickly be lying on a table with my armpits skyward. Yet there I was last week, preparing to be zapped for no real reason except to bring the laser hair reduction experience to your living room. Or wherever you’re reading at this moment.
Hewitt counsels staffer for gay remark
WALLA WALLA — State Sen. Mike Hewitt said this morning that he has counseled a “staffer (who) lost his temper and made an inappropriate comment” about gays that launched a firestorm of criticism.
