Walla Walla News

Thursday, March 6: Today during a special school board meeting, the Walla Walla Public Schools Board of Directors voted 4 to 1 to place a $10.2 million bond on the April 22, 2014 Special Election to fund a new, stand alone, science building at Walla Walla High School.

Last fall, the state crushed a record 210,000 tons of wine grapes, of which 42,600 were Cabernet Sauvignon.

He spent 16 years with the Los Angeles Police Department and worked as a contract special investigator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before running for sheriff.

Indie trio Dude York invade the living room of a cramped apartment in their new video for "Cannibal," the primal rock anthem from the recent album Dehumanize .

In her final column for American Banker , Editor-at-Large Barbara Rehm says there is no denying the system is safer than it was in 2007,... Read More There were a lot of deals last month involving larger community banks, and prices rose nearly 60% from a year earlier.

Florentino Ornelas, mill assistant at Blue Mountain Seed in Walla Walla, Wash., unloads chickpeas for processing Aug.28 at the plant.

In this Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, Florentino Ornelas, mill assistant at Blue Mountain Seed in Walla Walla, Wash.,unloads chickpeas for processing at the plant.

State Sens. Sharon Brown, R-Kennewick, and Mike Hewitt, R-Walla Walla, paid tribute to cowboys and cowgirls with a resolution celebrating "National Day of the Cowboy" on the fourth Saturday in July.

Priorities are everywhere in today's game of politics and passing bills with bipartisan support is as hard as ever.

More than 60 supporters of the Walla Walla Pioneer Park Aviary attend a city council meeting last night to hear the fate of the aviary.

The Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Office arrested three teens Tuesday on suspicion of felony malicious mischief and burglary.

Plus, he must successfully complete three years of outpatient sex-offender treatment and register as a sex offender for 15 years.

Whitman College President George Bridges has announced that he will step down from the job in the summer of 2015, which will mark the 10-year anniversary of his appointment as president of the small Walla Walla liberal arts college.

Kudos to our governor for helping to bring Washington into the 21st century by imposing a moratorium on death sentences.

Family members describe Jane Hungerford-Trapp as charismatic, smart and beautiful - someone who dealt with her fair share of inner demons, but liked to dance and have fun.

For more than three years now, the fate of the Pioneer Park Aviary has been unknown due to funding issues.

High up in Washington's Blue Mountains, behind trees and across the Touchet River, is what locals call the Weeping Wall.

Pianist David Hyun-Su Kim will be the guest performer at the Feb. 22 Walla Walla Symphony concert in Catherine Chism Hall on the Whitman College campus.

Drew Bledsoe's 2011 Doubleback Cabernet Sauvignon is now being shipped to select liquor outlets across the country and can be found in limited supply in several Massachusetts stores.

Tuesday was the cutoff date in the state Legislature for bills to be voted on in their house of origin to remain alive for the remainder of the session.