Local News

NEW Stories keep father's memory alive - WALLA WALLA -- Novelist Tim O'Brien once wrote "stories can save us" -- not our bodies, but our lives. In a blue photo album,...
NEW Whooping cough raises local concern - Two cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have emerged in the Walla Walla area, according to the Walla Walla County Public H...
NEW Walla Walla man sentenced in threat on wife - WALLA WALLA -- A man who earlier pleaded guilty to charges he held his wife at knifepoint and threatened to kill her in April...
NEW Changing times call for shift in comics - I used to wonder what would possess an editor to wade deeply into the treacherous waters of syndicated comic strips. Why woul...
NEW CrossRoads to move downtown to Dacres site - WALLA WALLA -- CrossRoads Steakhouse at Veterans Memorial Golf Course is about to become CrossRoads Steakhouse at the Dacres.

Local Sports

NEW Hermiston team wins Copa Walla Walla tournament - WALLA WALLA — Union, a team from Hermiston, won the Copa Walla Walla in the Latin American Soccer League’s annual summer tour...
NEW Ryan Baumgart continues to final round at WJGA state - EVERETT — One local golfer is continuing play today, the final day of the Washington Junior Golf Association State Championsh...
NEW Whitman soccer team heading to UK - WALLA WALLA — Whitman soccer is heading across the pond.And the continent.Mike Washington, the head coach of the Whitman men’...
NEW HOOPSTARS learn and play at WWCC girls basketball camp - Bobbi Hazeltine, the women's basketball coach at Walla Walla Community College, had about 100 girls in grades two-12 in the H...
Stewart’s single lifts Sweets to 11th-inning win - WALLA WALLA — Walla Walla and Kitsap went to extra innings for the third time this season in West Coast League baseball actio...

Local Business

NEW Exit Trio Vintners. Enter Corvus Cellars - Out with one Trio. In with another.
Family Rocha recipe at Brights Candies to aid Helpline - A relatively new confection at Bright's Candies has a long history in Renée Unterseher's family.
Out of the ashes: Mr. Ed's to hold grand reopening - Operators of Isaacs Avenue restaurant Mr. Ed's are calling their Wednesday celebration a grand reopening.
New airport eatery sees opening delay - The opening of a new restaurant slated for the Walla Walla Regional Airport has been in the midst of a slight delay.
Harvest Foods to offer cash back with purchase - Don't usually include "money" on your grocery list?

Local Opinion

Chuschcoff best choice of three solid candidates for high court - State Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Sanders has a staunch libertarian philosophy combined with his penchant for strict, li...
NEW Jim Johnson is choice for Supreme Court - The Aug. 17 primary will decide if Justice Jim Johnson will return for a second term on the state Supreme Court or be replace...
NEW Are federal education standards best for state? - Over the past two decades, Washington state has attempted to reform education by adopting higher standards and then hold stud...
Banks that took bailout shouldn't have given out huge bonuses - In the midst of the nation's recent financial crisis -- a time when taxpayers shelled out $700 billion to prop up financial i...
Goal of U-B endorsements to spur debate - Generally, the Union-Bulletin does not do endorsements in the primary election as the purpose of that election is to narrow t...
NEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Police protect and serve government - Regarding the July 16 column in the U-B written by John Stossel.
NEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Oppose attack on Iran by Israel - This is to urge everyone who thinks two simultaneous wars are enough or more than enough, to oppose another one being set up ...
NEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Sheriff debate worth watching - On July 15 the Walla Walla County Republican Party and the Walla Walla County Republican Women sponsored an excellent sheriff...
NEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Horizon has yet to explain? - I am disappointed in the recent coverage of the problems at the Walla Walla airport.
NEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Footloose best musical at Fort Walla Walla - My wife, Ellen, and I attended the Saturday night performance of Footloose. We have one word for that production -- wow!

Local Columns

Things heating up at Prescott Library - This from the Prescott Community Library's Facebook page, posted July 15:"So, the planter in front of the library caught on f...
LEGAL BRIEFING - Fido can't inherit, but you can provide for him - Dear John, Every now and then, I read or hear about a wealthy person dying and leaving millions of dollars to their pet. I am...
LEGAL BRIEFING - Minor can ask court for 'emanicipation' - Dear John, I am 15 years old. All my parents and I do is yell and argue with each other. I hate it! I hate them and want to l...
A brush with illiteracy - I might not consume books at the pace of a John Grisham fan with an iPad, but I have always loved to read.While I am fluent i...
Let's start helping Walla Walla's children very early - Most of us have the deep intuition that our youths are our future. We also know, especially from the business paradigm, that ...

TOP STORY

NEW Sweets’ first grand slam upends Kitsap

WALLA WALLA — After driving in the game-winning run with an 11th-inning single Wednesday night, what could Walla Walla catcher Elliot Stewart do for an encore?He answered the question emphatically ...

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UPDATES

NEW LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - Police protect and serve government - Regarding the July 16 column in the U-B written by John Stossel.
Chuschcoff best choice of three solid candidates for high court - State Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Sanders has a staunch libertarian philosophy combined with his penchant for strict, li...
NEW Whooping cough raises local concern - Two cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, have emerged in the Walla Walla area, according to the Walla Walla County Public H...
NEW Walla Walla man sentenced in threat on wife - WALLA WALLA -- A man who earlier pleaded guilty to charges he held his wife at knifepoint and threatened to kill her in April...
NEW Changing times call for shift in comics - I used to wonder what would possess an editor to wade deeply into the treacherous waters of syndicated comic strips. Why woul...
NEW CrossRoads to move downtown to Dacres site - WALLA WALLA -- CrossRoads Steakhouse at Veterans Memorial Golf Course is about to become CrossRoads Steakhouse at the Dacres.
Woman charged with robbery in Macy's incident - WALLA WALLA -- A woman who allegedly stole items from Macy's store and struck a security officer in the face earlier this wee...
NEW Execution date set - WALLA WALLA -- The state's first execution in nine years is set to take place here in September.
NEW Etcetera - 07/30/10 - The seventh annual Sean Vandenberg Memorial Ride on July 11 made a little more than $3,000, which will grant wishes to seriou...
NEW Sweets’ first grand slam upends Kitsap - WALLA WALLA — After driving in the game-winning run with an 11th-inning single Wednesday night, what could Walla Walla catche...
NEW Hermiston team wins Copa Walla Walla tournament - WALLA WALLA — Union, a team from Hermiston, won the Copa Walla Walla in the Latin American Soccer League’s annual summer tour...
NEW Ryan Baumgart continues to final round at WJGA state - EVERETT — One local golfer is continuing play today, the final day of the Washington Junior Golf Association State Championsh...
NEW Whitman soccer team heading to UK - WALLA WALLA — Whitman soccer is heading across the pond.And the continent.Mike Washington, the head coach of the Whitman men’...