The Walla Walla Valey Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 2021 Walla Walla Business Summit on April 27-30, with multiple breakout sessions online each day via Zoom.
Walla Walla City Council will allow downtown streateries, or "parklets," to stay for another three years — with additional rules in place — as staff further assess their impacts. Also the outdoor plaza that's closed a portion of First Avenue will become permanent, and tables on sidewalks can remain
through 2021.
Through her career as a second-generation funeral home owner and director in Walla Walla, Virginia L. "Ginny" Herring Mahan managed to spend close to eight decades serving generations of local families. She died on April 16, 2021, at 87.
Washington Winegrowers Association selected Sadie Drury for the Erick Hanson Memorial Winegrape Grower of the Year. The Walla Walla winemaker, who manages eighth local vineyards including Seven Hills, was selected for her viticulture skills that provide impact in the vineyard and in the bottle.
The city of Walla Walla welcomes more people, both vendors and shoppers, downtown each week this summer for a farmers market every Saturday, starting May 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Perfect timing. Phase 3 of the state’s economic COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan, which Walla Walla County reached March 22 after more than a year, essentially served as the green light for April’s Walla Walla Valley Wine Month.
COLFAX – For Pete Koerner, the biggest challenge now with running the Top Notch Cafe in Colfax is “just trying to keep the doors open, man.”
Spring is here. And for many people, spring means gardening. With this in mind, Blue Mountain Station Co-op Market will open its nursery Thursday.
The world of finance can intimidate anyone, credit union manager Frank Alvarez said, but especially when factoring in a language barrier. Now the 2010 Walla Walla graduate is trying to help his employer, P1FCU, reach out to the Hispanic community.
The plan was to keep Michelle Swartzentruber closer to home by getting the young woman invested in a new baking operation. The result was too sweet to resist at Stay A-Round Donuts & Fry-Pies food truck.
“The supply is too low. There’s almost always people calling or trying to find places, especially for infant care,” said Mike Griffin, the assistant director of Care A Lot Center in Walla Walla. Throughout Washington, lack of child care is a years-old problem with significant ramifications.
Strong opposition is abound in and around Walla Walla County towards House Bill 1091, the latest effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
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Longtime Washington winemaker Brian Carter, managing partner of Brian Carter Cellars in Woodinville, has been honored by the Washington Winegrowers Association with its 2020 Grand Vin Award.
The eatery at Touchet Valley Golf & Recreation will become Blazin Burgers with the recent signing of a new concessionaire to manage restaurant and course operations.
Baker Boyer Bank has announced it is directing $32,500 to Walla Walla, Milton-Freewater, Tri-Cities and Yakima nonprofits and organizations still in need of support during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Tag Lady Estate in Walla Walla will sell antiques, furniture, kitchenwares and collections April 23-25 at a historic hotel in Moro, Oregon.
Local entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their products online to Walmart, June 30 at the company's annual open call.
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