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NEW STREET CLOSURE - 600 block of Chestnut Street
- WALLA WALLA — The 600 block of Chestnut Street between Center Street and Division Street will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m....
NEW New planning agency marks first year
- WALLA WALLA -- The history of the first year of a new city-county planning group is now available.
NEW Trial date set in arson attempt
- WALLA WALLA -- A woman pleaded innocent Tuesday afternoon in Superior Court to breaking into the home of her estranged husban...
NEW Power rate hike deal reached
- WALLA WALLA -- Pacific Power's rate increase won't be quite the jolt on monthly bills as originally expected under a new sett...
NEW Sheriff's Office probe remains open
- WALLA WALLA -- As it approaches the 21/2-year mark, an investigation involving the Walla Walla County Sheriff's Office remain...
Local Sports
Walla Walla U loses to Arizona Christian
- PHOENIX, Ariz. — Walla Walla University was defeated 94-62 in Pacific Coast Athletic Conference men’s basketball Friday night...
Whitman wraps up successful season with win
- WALLA WALLA — With senior Jenele Peterson becoming the seventh player in school history to reach 1,200 career points, Whitman...
Loera’s 29 leads Big Bend roaring past WWCC men
- MOSES LAKE — Walla Walla Community College suffered a loss, 91-75, against Big Bend in NWAACC Eastern Region men’s basketball...
Warrior men clinch tourney with victory over No. 1 Spokane
- WALLA WALLA — Mac Stannard drained a 3-point field goal try with 19.1 seconds left in the second half to give Walla Walla Com...
Whitworth men shoot way past Whitman
- WALLA WALLA — Shooting 52.9 percent from the floor while knocking down a dozen 3-pointers, Whitworth scrambled past Whitman C...
Local Business
NEW New HQ for Andrae's Kitchen
- Andrae's Kitchen, Walla Walla's gourmet eatery on wheels, is rolling out a new permanent address this week inside the Walla W...
Graze to feature window shopping
- First catering. Then a sit-down eatery. How else could owners of Graze serve customers their paninis and sandwiches?
Fat Tuesday served up at Whoopemup
- Whoopemup Hollow Café will be serving up a feast for Fat Tuesday.Waitsburg’s southern comfort restaurant is planning a specia...
Wine industry warming to Walla Walla incubator model
- Walla Walla's winery incubators could be a model for a similar concept in Escondido, Calif.
New play center leaps into action next week
- What better way to celebrate the opening of an indoor play center than by bouncing off the walls?
Local Opinion
NEW Lying about military awards is repugnant -- but nevertheless protected speech
- Free speech is not always pleasant speech. It can even include repugnant twisting of the truth.
Discipline of teachers best handled at local level
- The education system isn't perfect. And we have no qualms about efforts by state lawmakers to boost performance in the classr...
Presidents' Day
- Presidents' Day is a national holiday to honor all U.S. presidents. It falls near the birthdays of two of the greatest presid...
FCC crackdown on unwanted telemarketers is welcome
- Many telemarketers have cleverly found a way around the do-not-call rules (as well as finding a way to call just when a famil...
NEW Letters To The Editor - Rooks Park: Where did it get its name?
- I recently found out how our local Rooks Park got its name. I asked 100 local people and only three knew the story. Do you kn...
NEW Letters To The Editor - Changing law doesn't change reality
- There was once a powerful queen who ruled over a land. The queen had a daughter who would eat nothing but chocolate. The daug...
Letters To The Editor - Rep. Maureen Walsh applauded
- This is a response to those who question Rep. Maureen Walsh's recent well-publicized statement regarding gay marriage in Wash...
Letters To The Editor - It is time for a new Davis School
- Once again, the citizens of College Place are being asked to support College Place Schools with a new bond. The bond would b...
LETTERES TO THE EDITOR - The aisles have it
- While listening to the spirited congressional floor debate this morning I got an idea for how to improve Congress.Under the s...
Local Columns
Video game flips into evil dance mode
- Over Christmas my wife and I were given a video game system. I won't mention which one, (it rhymes with what a certain little...
Whitman students learn by teaching, serving
- The vast majority of Whitman College students quickly embrace the charm, beauty, pace and complexity of Walla Walla, often on...
Mentoring can give keys to life success to our children
- Mentoring is alive and well in the Walla Walla Valley.More mentoring programs than ever before are available for children and...
Creatures may be smarter than we want to believe
- Worry is a hobby of mine. It's a good hobby that requires only a little effort, and I can practice anywhere. An added bonus i...
George Ball lived his life as a good neighbor to everybody
- WALLA WALLA-- George Ball, as we all know, was a good neighbor to every man and woman he ever met. But he was especially dear...
TOP STORY
NEW Family Feud
WALLA WALLA — Coach Jared Holowaty and his Whitman College Missionaries are the underdogs — no doubt about it — as they prep for this weekend’s East vs. West baseball battle against coach Bill Holo...
UPDATES
NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES - 02/22/12
- Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records of the agencies listed below. Readers ...
NEW Etcetera - 02/22/12
- The Walla Walla YMCA aims to raise $125,000 by the end of March, according to a recent newsletter.
NEW Letters To The Editor - Rooks Park: Where did it get its name?
- I recently found out how our local Rooks Park got its name. I asked 100 local people and only three knew the story. Do you kn...
NEW Letters To The Editor - Changing law doesn't change reality
- There was once a powerful queen who ruled over a land. The queen had a daughter who would eat nothing but chocolate. The daug...
NEW Lying about military awards is repugnant -- but nevertheless protected speech
- Free speech is not always pleasant speech. It can even include repugnant twisting of the truth.
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