Walla Walla voters to consider sales tax increase for streets
WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla voters will consider a measure to repair and maintain city streets calls for a two-tenths of a percent increase in sales tax within the city limits, a rate expected to raise about $1 million a year in the Feb. 14 election. Ballots were mailed last week.
SNOW: Tonight's CBC, WWCC basketball games...
Tonight's Columbia Basin College and Walla Walla Community College basketball games have been postponed because of the weather.
Thursday seminar will be on veterans benefits
WALLA WALLA -- Park Plaza retirement community is sponsoring a free veterans benefits seminar.
Water quality review set in Milton-Freewater
The biennial review of the Walla Walla River Subbasin Agricultural Water Quality Management Area Plan is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday.Click to Continue »
Walla Walla County opts into stewardship program
WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla County commissioners voted last week to opt into the state Voluntary Stewardship Program.
Whitman aims to teach civil rights
WALLA WALLA -- Noah Lerner doesn't remember hearing much about the civil rights movement when he was in public school. Now a senior at a Whitman College in rural Washington, Lerner aims to ensure some students learn more about a key moment in America's history.
Dog obedience class planned in Walla Walla for...
WALLA WALLA -- A dog obedience clinic will start with an introductory meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at the WSU extension office, 328 W. Poplar, Walla Walla.
Walla Walla prison pharmacist arraigned on federal...
WALLA WALLA -- A former Washington State Penitentiary pharmacist has been arraigned on a federal indictment accusing him of fraudulently acquiring drugs at the prison from 2010 into the spring of last year.
Walla Walla man accused in stabbing own gang...
WALLA WALLA -- A gang member suspected of stabbing a member of his own gang in the neck during an altercation last month pleaded innocent last week after two felony charges.
Walla Walla voters to decide school levy renewal
WALLA WALLA -- Area residents are being asked to continue paying for existing programs of Walla Walla Public Schools through a four-year levy.
Landfill in Walla Walla poisons 3,000 starlings
WALLA WALLA -- A Walla Walla official recently poisoned an estimated 3,000 starlings that had been calling a city landfill home. It was the second time the Sudbury Landfill has resorted to poisoning the birds.
Citizen tips help arrest suspect in...
WALLA WALLA -- George West Craigen, the suspect in a fatal shooting west of Milton-Freewater, was apprehended Sunday afternoon by Walla Walla County deputies.
MURDER: Suspect captured in Milton-Freewater...
The manhunt for George Craigen, 49, ended today in Walla Walla, according to Umatilla County District Attorney Daniel Primus.
Sears to close two Washington state stores
Sears Holding Co. said it will close a Sears full-line store in Walla Walla and a Kmart store in Lacey as part of its announcement earlier this week that it will shut between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart full-line stores nationally.On the list of the first 79 stores to be closed as part of the Dec. 27 announcement, Sears said it will shut the Walla Walla Sears at 1631 W. Rose St. and the Lacey Kmart at 4141 Martin Way. Sears said the closing dates of the stores haven't been determined.
Walla Walla's Sears store to shut down
WALLA WALLA -- The Sears store in Walla Walla is among 79 locations nationwide that the company plans to close.Click to Continue »
Boys basketball: Echo (Ore.) 74, Seton Catholic 43
Seton Catholic completed play in the DA Davidson Christmas Classic in Walla Walla with a loss.
Layaway angel movement spreads
WALLA WALLA - Cyndi Pence didn't immediately recognize the voice as that of a "layaway angel."The call came to the Walla Walla Kmart on Tuesday. "I've been reading about people coming into the stores and paying off layaways," the woman on the other end of the phone began.
Former classmates look to help woman whose home...
WALLA WALLA --Former Walla Walla High School classmates of Alma Morrow Cox, a 1963 alumna, are rallying around their friend after her Pasco home was damaged in a fire in early November.
Ski Bluewood discounts available through YMCA
The YMCA of the Greater Tri-Cities and Walla Walla YMCA are selling discounted lift tickets to Ski Bluewood.
Walla Walla Chamber holds contest for $100
WALLA WALLA -- The Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce continues its "Keep It Home For The Holidays" drawing.
Port of Walla Walla chief's pay cut
Port of Walla Walla commissioners voted this week to reduce the annual salary of the economic agency's executive director for 2012.
Walla Walla Humane Society pays off mortgage
WALLA WALLA -- In a back yard on the east end of Walla Walla on Wednesday evening, flames leaped in an outdoor fire pit, shooting sparks into a frost-peppered night.
SALARY: Port of Walla Walla director's pay cut
Port of Walla Walla commissioners voted this week to reduce the annual salary of the economic agency’s executive director for 2012.
Port chief's salary on commission's agenda
WALLA WALLA -- The executive director's salary will top a packed Port of Walla Walla agenda today.
Seminar on veterans benefits scheduled in Walla...
WALLA WALLA -- Park Plaza retirement community in Walla Walla is offering a free seminar to help with veterans benefits.

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