The Associated Press reports a heat wave scorching the Western states. Locally, this next week will see temperatures breaking into t…
Starting July 4, those submitting unemployment claims must once again actively job-search to keep benefits. With jobless claims cont…
Walla Walla County has a first-class ambulance service staffed by highly trained paramedics. Few cities or counties the size of Wall…
The one-tenth of 1% sales tax proposal enacted in 2012 to aid the expansion of behavioral health services in Walla Walla County was …
Newspapers and other professional news organizations aim to factually report the news, which often includes shining light on the act…
A wildfire anywhere in this region would be of grave concern. It would easily spread given the recent extreme high temperatures that…
The once-in-a-decade task of redrawing congressional district lines is at hand, and the Washington Redistricting Commission is calli…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s reversal of a Trump-era rule is not only good environmental policy, but a boost to our local e…
Supporting students returning to the classroom must be the goal.
When both sides of the aisle are angry over the same thing, it’s clear that the issue in question needs to be addressed.
In a bill signed into law last Monday to be implemented next year, local public health boards throughout the state of Washington wil…
Though driving is a privilege, not a right, debt-based license suspensions, as they stand, unfairly put poor residents in deeper deb…
This pandemic has changed the way normal looks. From handshakes to office meetings, many things that seemed so ingrained in our way …
Wildfire season is off to an early start, and this should be cause for concern.
For those who missed previous cues, Mother’s Day is today. And it’s not too late to make the mother figures in your life feel specia…
With May 18 elections fast approaching, Milton-Freewater voters are preparing to cast votes on various issues, the biggest of which …
The highly radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation has been an environmental concern since it was created during World …
Agricultural workers in Washington have been excluded from overtime wages since the 1950s. More specifically, according to the Yakim…
Access to higher education has waned in recent years as tuition for college and universities has skyrocketed. President Joe Biden to…
While some of our nation’s military veterans receive excellent care in the Veterans Affairs health system, many others aren’t so fortunate.
This pandemic has forced many industries to pivot. Some industries were better equipped to be flexible within the circumstances. Oth…
A short-term but important step was taken to protect affordable housing in the Walla Walla Valley. Last Tuesday, at a virtual meetin…
As with many things during the pandemic, standardized testing for students and teachers should be evaluated for their usefulness and…
A new secure detox care unit is coming to town, and what a bonus this will be to our community.
A new grant program established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act has made over $16 billi…
What is just as iconic as our Valley wines is the Walla Walla Balloon Stampede.
Our region’s legislators, Democrats and Republicans, have done extraordinary work over the years securing necessary funding for the …
Residents throughout Walla Walla County have voiced concern over House Bill 1091. This measure, stuck in the Senate Ways and Means C…
Overall, we can all agree that good resource stewardship is something to be encouraged. The fact that climate change is rapidly begi…
As we soldier on through this pandemic, many aspects of life that seemed to serve a narrower purpose have shown how much more necess…
Small businesses of the Valley have had a rough go of it throughout this pandemic. In Walla Walla’s winter alone, there were “nine d…
Last April, when Gov. Jay Inslee signed the supplemental state transportation budget, it should have triggered the green light for w…
For people 60 and older, Wednesday opens the express lane to vaccine eligibility, increasing Washington’s group of 3 million eligibl…
As a result of George Floyd’s death in May of 2020, the police departments of College Place and Walla Walla thoughtfully began brain…
