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Second Avenue will be closed between Oak and Sumach streets from 6 p.m. today to 7 a.m. Wednesday while sewer work takes place. Access to local business will be provided and emergency vehicles will not be allowed.
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records that area law enforcement, fire and emergency medical agencies provided this morning. Not all law enforcement reports appear, as many are deemed unfounded and some reports remain in process.
First impressions: clean, clear fresh air, green Sitka spruce and larch rolling over unceasing mountains, salt water everywhere — and we drank in everything our trip offered.
Candidates for this November’s general election firmed up today as final vote counts were completed Monday. Canvassing boards were meeting today in Walla Walla and Columbia counties, as well as elsewhere, to certify the Aug. 7 primary election.
Sometimes the root of something new is found in something very old. In this case, more than a century old.
A prison inmate who attacked a Washington State Penitentiary officer was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to a reduced charge.
Badly needed ambulatory surgical services are on the horizon for the community. But who will ultimately provide them was the subject Monday of a nearly three-hour public hearing led by the Washington state Department of Health.
Firefighters aided by a helicopter were fighting two wildfires in the Mill Creek Watershed today.
Boaters on Lake Wallula behind McNary Dam may see increased activity this week due to a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
A Walla Walla man will face trial this fall on charges of damaging two vehicles, a house and a business earlier this month.
One of three men being held in connection with a shooting in Milton-Freewater late Friday had a first appearance in court today.
Although the Milton-Freewater Rocks! festival has been canceled, the community has bigger things to celebrate as it rolls out its first new school in nearly a century.
Most Walla Wallans drive by the modest, rather nondescript building on Main Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues without realizing that it was, early on, one of the city’s finest hotels. Locals probably remember a variety of businesses being located there, but nobody is old enough to re…
STARBUCK — Paving work will close the Little Goose boat landing this week.
Fall is a great time to start a garden or renovate an existing planting bed. The soil is warm while the air is cool – a perfect combination for establishing new plantings. It is also a great time to prepare gardens for the next planting season. Investing time up front to create a healthy fou…
The human body is a marvel of efficiency.
“He went a little farther and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will” (Matthew 26:39).
Facts and tips on water usage and conservation are presented weekly by the City of Walla Walla, in partnership with Walla Walla Community College and Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.
If you make it to dessert at a boodle feast, you’ve done well. To do so, however, means pacing yourself and leaving tummy space.
The Walla Walla Senior Citizens Center is cutting back on its hours and services to save money as funding from grants and donations falls while the cost of operating the facility increases.
A 2017-18 survey conducted by the American Pet Products Association revealed that about 68 percent of Americans own pets. And an article published by George Mason University reports the economic impact of pet ownership in the United States is over $220 billion dollars annually.
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records that area law enforcement, fire and emergency medical agencies provided this morning. Not all law enforcement reports appear, as many are deemed unfounded and some reports remain in process.
There is strong evidence for an underground lake of liquid water some 12 miles long on the planet Mars.
Four men were arrested Friday night after a shooting in Milton-Freewater led to a pursuit that ended in a crash, police said.
A College Place man convicted earlier this year of second-degree rape was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison Friday.
A public hearing Monday will help determine how to expand outpatient ambulatory care in Walla Walla.
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records that area law enforcement, fire and emergency medical agencies provided this morning. Not all law enforcement reports appear, as many are deemed unfounded and some reports remain in process.
Service has begun returning to Inland Cellular customers, but company officials said full restoration of the cellular network may not happen until early Monday.
Cheryl Hansen is director of International Programs. At WWCC since 2018.
The Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days will be hosted at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds from Aug. 29-Sept. 2. Many members of local 4-H clubs will exhibit their animals, and we hope the community comes out in full support for our local youths!
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records that area law enforcement, fire and emergency medical agencies provided this morning. Not all law enforcement reports appear, as many are deemed unfounded and some reports remain in process. Readers with a…
Multiple agencies responded to Walla Walla Regional Airport at 11:44 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a possible airplane malfunction.
DAYTON — Columbia County commissioners will hold special meetings today and Friday to interview candidates for the position of county engineer.
ATHENA — A Milton-Freewater man suspected of driving drunk when his vehicle killed a road construction worker Tuesday night has been charged with manslaughter.
A man involved in a police standoff in June has been sentenced after pleading guilty to reduced charges.
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records that area law enforcement, fire and emergency medical agencies provided this morning. Not all law enforcement reports appear, as many are deemed unfounded and some reports remain in process. Readers with a…
A fall trial date has been set for a Kennewick man accused of raping a Walla Walla woman.
There are times when I’m convinced the progress of this country can be measured through our ballot laws. Think about it. Over the course of our history, we’ve expanded the franchise from the sole preserve of white male property owners to most all citizens 18 and older — regardless of race, g…
A Walla Walla man was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to reduced charges in a case involving stealing and then selling copper wire.
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission announced this week that DUI patrols will increase in advance of Labor Day this year in Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties.
Well, now it is time for me to put up or shut up. In my last column, I promised to reveal ideas from science, which you could use to help inform you about amazing things that are happening to you, or in you.
This story has been updated since it was originally published.
It stared up at me from the bottom of a filing cabinet drawer: a lineup of barely covered bottoms. My chore had just gotten a lot more interesting.
Howard Street from Whitman to Newell will closed Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For street repair work.
Information is compiled by the Union-Bulletin staff from the official logs and records that area law enforcement, fire and emergency medical agencies provided this morning. Not all law enforcement reports appear, as many are deemed unfounded and some reports remain in process.
PRESCOTT — The Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Office called off its search for a Kennewick man who jumped into the Snake River from his boat Saturday. The agency is now preparing for a mission to recover the man’s body, according to a news release posted on Facebook this morning.
Bail was set at $50,000 Monday for a man arrested in connection with a house fire Saturday.
WAITSBURG — Work to repair levees on the Touchet River may cause traffic delays on U.S. Highway 12 starting Wednesday.
DAYTON — The Columbia County Civil Service Commission has ruled the termination of former Sheriff’s Deputy Don Foley earlier this year was justified.
That brown, choking air in the area isn’t leaving soon.
