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As Walla Walla Fair & Frontier Days picked up speed for its closing weekend, the Grand Parade kicked off Saturday morning to much fanfare, led by 2020 and 2021 parade marshals Doug and Marie Krueger.
Scenes from Thursday at the Walla Walla fair.Â
Despite concerns that a renewed phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could have again closed fair gates, the event kicked off Wednesday.Â
Rodeo action starts up again this weekend with three nights of competition. Rodeo slack got underway Tuesday, with pre-rodeo competition in the arena.
Police are investigating after least one Walla Walla police officer was involved in a shooting last night in the Eagles club parking lot. No names of people involved or information on whether anyone was injured have been provided.Â
Walla Walla Police Department SWAT personnel conduct a training exercise Tuesday morning, Aug. 17, 2021, at 1660 Sturm Ave.
Fort Walla Walla Museum’s annual Ice Cream Social brought cool treats, courtesy of Baskin-Robbins, to the hot and dusty Oregon Trail on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021.
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Police officers, firefighters and other Walla Walla area first responders drive vehicles with flashing lights and sirens through neighborhood streets this morning, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in this year's National Night Out neighborhood parade.
Scenes of the fire that raged across wheat fields in Milton-Freewater, OR, on Wednesday, July 7.Â
Participants in the Ruck for the Fallen gathered at the Walla Walla Fire Department station on Wilbur Street before beginning the ruck, Saturday morning, June 26, 2021.
Hundreds of Walla Walla High School seniors graduate at the June 11, 2021, commencement ceremony at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds where the outdoors setting allowed for pandemic precautions for the big crowd of family and friends.
A year after having a drive-through graduation ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic, McLoughlin High School hosted an in-person ceremony at Shockman Field in Milton-Freewater. The sun was out as graduates walked the stage. Each senior was allowed to bring four guests.
Admirers browse the Walla Walla Iris Society's 2021 show, “Eye Candy,” at the Walla Walla Senior Center on Sunday afternoon, May 16, 2021.
Letters to the editor published Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Wineries across the Walla Walla Valley celebrate Spring Release this weekend with wine tastings, live music, food and wine pairings, and more.
Letters to the editor published Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Letters to the editor published on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Customers browse the 2021 Walla Walla FFA Plant Sale at Walla Walla High School Wednesday afternoon, April 28, 2021. The sale is on the lawn along Abbott Road and continues through 6 p.m. Friday, April 30.
Bees are busy all over the Walla Walla valley, like here on a Pioneer Park Tree in full bloom, Thursday, April 22, 2021.
Union Pacific Railroad gifted Walla Walla with this retired locomotive in 1959. Special track was laid to Jefferson Park off Ninth Avenue from the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds so it could be pulled there with a bulldozer. It was dedicated in 1961, then painted by Walla Walla Community Coll…
Residents wrote on topics including climate policies, teaching students about mental health, reflections on the Biblical story of creation to policies, and educating younger generations about the LGBTQIA+ community.
Four residents submitted letters on assault weapons, wind farms and small, modular nuclear reactors in today's U-B.
Today's letters discuss combating obesity, reopening schools full-time and Walla Walla's support of the UN's nuclear weapons treaty.
Today's letters discuss healthy living, middle school sports, volunteering and police officers.
Today's letters include comments on outside sports in schools, Washington's government, education in the time of COVID-19.
Today's collection of letters discuss unemployment rates, the benefits of shopping locally and the dress codes in schools.
Today's letters discuss animal abuse, efforts to protect endangered species and other ways to discipline people caught with small amounts of drugs.
Today's Letters to the Editor discuss the Union-Bulletin's new letters policy and Cathy McMorris Rodgers voting history.
Ted Cox and Sussanne Altermann write letters on proper recycling and the Whitman statue.
Jim Thorn and Vic Phillips write letters to editor today.
The four queens of the Walla Walla Bears are, left to right, Sara Joe Chandler, Karen Brown, Carol Ann Stewart and Janice Johnson.
Walla Walla School District's middle school students are back in the class room this week for the first time since schools closed last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixth graders started Wednesday. Seventh and eighth graders start Thursday.
A crowd of about 200 people participated in the annual Walk For Life march against abortion Sunday in Walla Walla. Marchers met outside of The Father's House on Second Avenue, where a processional made its way through downtown to St. Patrick Catholic Church on Alder Street. Christina Magnagh…
