The governor’s increased use of executive power since the pandemic began is troubling for many of us. Each additional mandate grows …
COLUMN: This summer, nearly half of Whitman Internship Grant recipients worked here in Walla Walla, a much higher percentage than in past years, in sectors ranging from healthcare to law to agriculture.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted just how important safe, affordable homes are for personal and community health. Safe affordab…
OPINION COLUMN: I am a born and raised Washingtonian who enjoys spending most of my time outside... I am pleased that conservatives are coming back true to our namesake, and conserving the beautiful outdoors for generations to come.
The 2020-2021 school year is in the books (the history books that is), as one of the most challenging, eventful and unprecedented ye…
COLUMN: Walla Walla Schools intends to frame our required professional development around our already-established core beliefs outlined in our belonging-centered campaign.
OPINION: As I write this, every bed at Providence St. Mary Medical Center is occupied, and there are 11 people in the Emergency Department waiting for a hospital bed to open. This appears largely due to COVID-19 and the continuing fallout from the pandemic.
COLUMN: Preserving existing manufactured home parks will help the homes within them to remain affordable for community members.
The U.S. needs to provide more funding for local health care systems. Vaccines don’t save lives, vaccinations do. COVID-19 vaccines in the USA are so plentiful that we’re bribing people to get shots. In fact, in Maryland you can win up to $400,000 for getting vaccinated; $1 million in Ohio.
For the second year in a row, Memorial Day observances in communities, organizations and even within family groups will look very di…
School’s out for summer at Whitman College.
COLUMN: Take a moment to appreciate tourism's presence after an extended absence, making visitors feel welcomed to our community and thanking them for choosing to spend their time and money right here — and right now — in Walla Walla.
Recycling seems simple: Recycle as much as we possibly can to save the environment, right?
How about this for your next dinner table conversation topic: How would you describe the “average” resident of Walla Walla? For the …
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are beginning to see some signs of normalcy resume in our daily lives. Students are …
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…
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…
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.
I feel blessed.
