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 the Union-Bulletin.
COLUMN: The old man more wrinkly than a Shar-Pei dog was eating apple slices off a knife, alarming his three companions, other members of the Old Coots Breakfast Club.
COLUMN: “People who are addicted to drugs have to hit bottom before they will accept help.” That’s a myth and a dangerous one.
In 2001, Donald Bloesch raised the question in a Christianity Today article and set the looming issue on the table before us all. Pr…
COLUMN: Three Weston-McEwen High School Class of 2021 graduates received scholarships of $2,000 from the Earl & Jane Ferguson Scholarship Fund.
COLUMN: Five Walla Walla High School spring 2021 graduates received $1,000 grants from the Walla Walla Public High Schools Scholarship Fund.
COLUMN: The Oregon State Chapter of PEO awarded Helena Brinker a $2,000 PEO Marguerite Scholarship.
COLUMN: The Walla Walla High School Class of 1976 will gather for its 45th reunion on July 23-24.
COLUMN: Members of Exchange Club of Walla Walla elected Dana Evans president recently when they installed the club’s 2021-22 officers and directors in a ceremony at The Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center.
COLUMN: Predicting the future can be dicey. When Boomers were growing up, crystal-ball gazers thought in 2021 we’d have flying cars, personal helicopters and jetpacks.
Blalock Lake — or pond — on McKinney Road in College Place was created for trout fishing in 1954 by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, then abandoned in 1964 as an unsustainable operation.
COLUMN: Women have historically been advised to reduce their level of activity during pregnancy, but the national guidelines advise that all healthy women should engage in regular exercise after consulting with their doctor.
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 the Union-Bulletin.
COLUMN: Muhlenberg College's 173rd commencement celebrated the Class of 2021 in socially distanced ceremonies in downtown Allentown, Pennsylvania.
COLUMN: Walla Walla native Deanne Bergh graduated in May with a master of social work in nursing/family nurse practitioner from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.
COLUMN: One day recently, a haunting image on social media came into view of a helpless hummingbird cradled in a person's hands, unable to close its beak. It cannot retract its extended tongue because of fungal spores growing there or in its gullet. The bird will die.
COLUMN: This column is a bit of a departure from my usual discussion about antiques. However, the stories of heating/cooling buildings in the past are slowly being lost to time. If antiques are tangible reminders of our past, stories of this type also have their place in preserving the past.
Camp Fire girls enjoyed a variety of activities at Camp Kiwanis in July 1963.
COLUMN: Let’s take a closer look at the word “enable,” defined as allow, facilitate, permit, make possible. It can become a harsh word depending on how it's used.
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 the Union-Bulletin.
COLUMN: Baby boomers shrieked their first shrieks in maternity wards between 1946 and 1964, as Coupe de Villes sprouted tail fins and constipation and hemorrhoids in Washington, D.C., reached alarming levels. The heroic prune, the Paul Revere of fruit, rode to the rescue.
COLUMN: Many people are itching to find ways to be healthier and enjoy their lives to the fullest without having to worry too much about developing illness. Here's what to consider.
A Wildhorse Foundation grant enabled the purchase of a new MacBook Pro laptop computer for Gesa Power House Theatre, 111 N. Sixth Ave.
COLUMN: American Red Cross is in urgent need of volunteer mental health counselors to lead Service to the Armed Forces Resiliency Workshops.
Walla Walla Public Schools named the recipients of its 2020-2021 Staff Achievement Grants. Recipients are: Juan Faba, Conor Fish, Lisa Cox, Brad Hobbs, and Grace Ogoshi.
COLUMN: Modern-day considerations of camping logistics have been mulled over by enthusiasts for more than 100 years in the Walla Walla Valley.
The 30-member University of California pep band nearly “blew the plaster off the ceiling” inside the Union-Bulletin on the Friday af…
This week’s average water use by all city customers: 18.45 million gallons per day. Last week’s average water use: 16.60 million gallons per day. Fourth week of June 2020 average water use: 12.37 million gallons per day.
COLUMN: Forty is the traditional age for a mid-life crisis, when you begin, to borrow a golf term, the back nine of life.
As day follows day with record-breaking and extreme high heat local firefighters urge Walla Walla Valley residents to be safe and fire-smart ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
COLUMN: Muhlenberg College named Walla Wallan Renee Heller to its dean's list for the spring 2021 semester.
COLUMN: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi recently initiated Noah Pratton of Milton-Freewater into membership.
COLUMN: Garrett Salisbury of Walla Walla graduated from Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, in spring 2021.
COLUMN: Donors recently funded two new scholarships in 2021 in memory of loved ones for the benefit of Walla Walla Catholic Schools students, said religion teacher and Director of Communications Peter Fazzari.
COLUMN: Noon Rotary Club of Walla Walla members have been busy in recent months with a variety of projects.
COLUMN: Modern-day considerations of camping logistics have been mulled over by enthusiasts for more than 100 years in the Walla Walla Valley.
COLUMN: In 2020, Providence St. Mary Medical Center devoted $17 million in charity care for the poor and funding to support community needs and other services, according to a report.
COLUMN: Walla Walla native Sharon Ledbetter, now of Clarkston, fulfilled a wish to combine awarding Quilts of Valor to veterans from her birthplace with a Pacific Northwest wine country experience for fellow quilters from out of state. She found two local wineries owned and operated by military veterans.
