Walla Walla News

Dec. 10 -- WALLA WALLA -- As the holidays brighten winter's darkness, area residents decorate their homes and businesses with Christmas lights to illuminate the nights.

Dec. 05--Gov. Jay Inslee is correct. A $10 billion to $12 billion upgrade of the state's transportation infrastructure is essential for economic development and critical in convincing The Boeing Co.

Dec. 03 --Customers can safely swipe their cards at URM stores now that a cyber attack on the payment processing system has been blocked.

The biggest question I began to get was, 'When are you going to come out with an update?'" Roberts said.

Honolulu is in the running to be named "Best place to postpone a career" in Sunset magazine's online poll.

Firefighters, EMTs and other first responders regularly encounter the sort of pain and suffering that most of us are fortunate enough to see only on rare occasion.

The victims, both 21, were treated for non life-threatening injuries at a local hospital, according to Walla Walla Police.

A lot has changed in the Washington wine industry in the past five years. Nobody knows that better than Steve Roberts, author of the wildly successful "Wine Trails of Washington" guidebook.

Sorting through the 5,000 or so wines I evaluated in 2013 is a bit daunting, and the most difficult part of this list is deciding what to omit, because the Northwest produces so much world-class wine.

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin reports Cobie A. Brown was a player for the Waitsburg-Prescott football team.

Washington may be in its infancy when it comes to winemaking, but that hasn't stopped six Washington wines from receiving international acclaim.

The state is inspecting scales at Sea-Tac Airport after earlier tests showed several scales were both under and over reporting bag weights.

Walla Walla scored more state money to continue to improve its streets. This will keep road work going until next year.

Long lines at airport security are never a welcome sign to an anxious flyer, but passengers have been conditioned to be patient in the name of safety.

By Matt Wendland Hundreds of people from across King County and western Washington poured into the Burien Community Center Saturday night to take part in Burien Arts Association's 6th annual Vision 20/20.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. The state of Washington and the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency this morning issued stage-1 burning restrictions through at least 4 p.m. on Monday.

Twisp Public Works Superintendent Howard Moss has given notice that he will retire Sept.

Spokane general contractor Leone & Keeble Inc. has begun construction of two schools in College Place, Wash., including the southeastern Washington town's first high school, says project manager Scott Jutte.

I grew up in a small Washington town, Walla Walla, in a Republican family. We were comfortable; not wealthy, not smug, but confident.

Walla Walla High School Senior Cadet First Sergeant Sarah Jameson officially signed her Letter of Intent to accept a scholarship at the University of Nevada, Reno to shoot on their 2014 Rifle Team.