On March 24, 2021, Walla Walla became the 41st city in the United States and the first city in the state of Washington to endorse th…
Commentary: What should the US do with its surplus vaccines? Follow the playbook it used during WWII
COLUMN: The United States is making and distributing COVID-19 vaccines so fast that production will soon outstrip demand, leading officials to ask: What should we do with the extra doses? Most answers have focused on the home front: Dozens of states, including California, are rapidly opening vaccination eligibility to all adults, and President Joe Biden has doubled the speed of his initial rollout calendar, now calling for 200 million Americans to be vaccinated by the end of April.
By Nancy Kress
College Place residents, Joe and Laura Dixson, were searching for a home that would meet the needs of their growing family, as they …
COLUMN: Maintaining an adequate stock of rental housing is a critical component of supporting affordable housing.
COLUMN: The tragic decline of the Northwest’s wild, anadromous fish has traditionally been blamed on the four H's: hydropower, habitat decline, over harvest, and hatcheries. To these, add pollution, climate change and ocean conditions.
For many Walla Walla County residents, 2020 is a year to forget.
As a bewildered nation buries COVID-19’s victim No. 500,000, and as we don masks for our infrequent trips to the store and live in o…
Facebook wants to be everyone’s daily newspaper.
In the past 22 years, by working together with our thousands of heroic supporters, we’ve qualified 17 statewide initiatives for a pu…
Since the inception of “common schools” in the 18th century, many events have shaped the landscape of public education in our countr…
Strengthening America’s democracy is a high priority after its recent turbulence and discord.
The events of the past year are unexplainable and out of this world.
I write this in answer to local history buffs to the many questions regarding the Washington State Penitentiary.
By almost any measure, 2020 posed an incredible combination of global health, social, political, economic and other challenges unsee…
The coronavirus pandemic has taken an emotional toll on all of us, but it’s particularly hard on those living in nursing homes. It c…
As President Joe Biden said during his inauguration, “this is a time of testing. We face an attack on our democracy and on truth …”
Twenty years ago The Seattle Times assigned a youngish metro reporter to cover Microsoft, amid the historic antitrust case against t…
I feel blessed.
COLUMN: As 2021 dawns and fresh opportunities to keep you informed present themselves, we pledge to continue to be the strong, independent and free local source of community news the Walla Walla Valley needs. We promise to be part of the movement to reunite our divided country.
Our affordable housing problem is complicated, but essentially it boils down to this: More and more people cannot afford to live in …
COLUMN: I’ve had thousands of news stories, political columns, movie reviews and about 10,000 editorials published on the pages of the Union-Bulletin. Yet, I’ve really struggled writing this column, perhaps because it’s about me.
COLUMN: Several weeks ago I received a stunning phone call informing me that following a rigorous, data-driven, and secretive process, Walla Walla Community College had been selected by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to receive a $15 million grant to assist us in fulfilling our mission.
COLUMN: We continue to maneuver through uncertain times, economic hardships, and devastation to our livelihoods as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout Washington state, the nation and world.
COLUMN: The simplest answer to the question is that the Downtown Foundation and the Chamber have different missions. The Chamber seeks to be the “number one business advocate in the Walla Walla Valley.”
I read with interest on Sunday in the Union-Bulletin the front-page article, “Downtown Foundation switches to donations.”
We’re all exhausted. As we near the end of what feels like the longest year of our lives, we’re now being told that we can’t enjoy t…
COLUMN: Whether you are a seasoned investor donating to the causes you are care about or a first-time donor exploring ways to make an impact, new tax laws allow you to benefit, too.
Throughout the pandemic, experts have predicted a winter surge, and now for Walla Walla it has begun.
Facebook is where you check the latest happenings with your family, liking or loving (with the Facebook emojis, of course) photos of…
Dan Gillmor, a veteran journalist and professor, wrote in 2016, “We will be living in the ecosystem of a company that has repeatedly…
OPINION: As leaders of one of only a handful of regional newspapers left with local stewardship, we believe we have an obligation to share this story with you.
Voters were not confused. We knew exactly what we were voting on when we overwhelmingly approved – for the third time — our $30 Tabs…
COLUMN: City staff and officials have gotten questions from people asking whether these events were “illegal” or “unpermitted,” and whether the city should have stepped in to stop them.
