Walla Walla News Archives

As they try to climb back from historically low numbers in the statehouse, Republicans are targeting the Legislature's only Democrat from rural Eastern Washington in the marquee matchup among three legislative races on Tuesday's ballot.

A 26-year-old Walla Walla man was arrested for allegedly stabbing another man during an argument.

The owners of the Pepper Bridge and Amavi Cellars in Walla Walla will open a new tasting room for their wines in Woodinville next spring.

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Several people are waking up in the hospital Monday morning after a fiery four-car crash west of Walla Walla, Washington Sunday afternoon.

In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2009, a mechanical harvester works its way through vineyards at Goose Ridge Vineyards in Richland, Wash.

A political action committee is questioning whether Rep. Laura Grant's votes on transportation issues were in the best interest of the district she represents, but she says the group is being misleading.

Three Walla Walla residents were arrested on possible drug delivery charges this morning during early-morning raids at two Walla Walla homes, authorities said.

H1N1 VACCINE FOR WALLA WALLA COUNTY: A limited number of doses of H1N1 vaccine are now available in Walla Walla County.

This editorial is about the 16th District race for the state House of Representatives.

The start of a recession apparently didn't faze tourists heading into Walla Walla last year.

A consultant recommends that the state close its Maple Lane prison for youth criminal offenders near Grand Mound to save the state money, a move that would eliminate 111 jobs once workers and residents were transferred to other facilities.

Photo by Greg Lehman, Whitman College [enlarge] Whitman College in Walla Walla has installed a new 21-kilowatt photovoltaic system on the rooftop of the Bratton Tennis Center.

Raw winds and cold air are whipping across the region this morning. An arctic front pushed across the Spokane and Coeur da Alene areas just before dawn, bringing a strong shot of near winter conditions to the region through the weekend, forecasters said.

Tank had a 50 percent chance of survival when his family got him on the operating table after a freakish accident.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. - A family's beloved dog is recovering from gruesome injuries sustained when it was accidentally dragged by a pick up truck during a camping trip.

A new Salmon-Safe winegrowing program casts a different view on the way that fish and wine go together With all the talk of organics and sustainability in winegrowing comes a new buzzword: "Salmon-Safe." And bottles from wineries who have joined this program are swimming off wine shop shelves.

The continuing shutdown of The Dalles Dam's navigation lock has stranded barges loaded with millions of dollars' worth of wheat, left Washington's Tri-Cities area without deliveries of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel, and prevented Vancouver from barging its garbage to a landfill near Boardman.

The Benton-Franklin Health District stands to lose two more public health nurses in the wake of state budget cuts to three programs for abused and neglected children.

After cutting loose more than 8,000 offenders from probation in the past two months, the state Department of Corrections is considering an even more drastic cost-reduction measure: closing at least one prison.

The West Coast League , an independent summer collegiate wood-bat league, has awarded a membership to Walla Walla.

A NOAA plan to restore habitat for Columbia River steelhead in central Washington and Oregon would cost almost $1 billion over the next 25 to 50 years.