Firefighters improved containment on the Paradise fire (28% for 9,646 acres near Mill Creek Watershed) and the Hagen fire (60% for 61,370 acres in the Umatilla National Forest) on Tuesday, Sept.
8 after a long Labor Day weekend. Officials urged hunters and visitors to avoid closed areas and check for updates.
Walla Walla’s Head Start program at the Center may change if a proposed federal rule that cuts staffing, bilingual support, and bus monitor requirements becomes final.
Local experts worry quality may drop even as saved funds could serve more children, with comments accepted until Oct. 6.
College Place resident Brenda Kirk volunteered on a Global Volunteers mission on the Blackfeet Reservation from June 27 to July 4, helping at a school, food bank and senior center while traveling with her granddaughter Ruby plus she plans to serve a mission in Puerto Rico in March.
Blue Mountain Humane Society will host its Fall Furr Ball on Saturday, Oct.
17 at Marcus Whitman, 6 W. Rose St as tickets on sale for $175 — the event aims to raise $300,000 for shelter animals, veterinary care, and pet services.
The city released water use data showing 13.06 million gallons per day and provided water conservation tips based on WSU AgWeatherNet.
It will host a free Garden Tune-Up workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Water and Environmental Center + 640 Water Center Drive.
The Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce has a busy fall schedule featuring Tour D’ Farm on Sept.
19-20, Speed Networking on Oct. 8, a film event on Oct. 21, early November Taste of the Valley, and Dec. 16 Community Excellence Awards, plus new office space options starting Sept. 1.
About 600 cowboys and cowgirls joined the three-day Fair and Frontier Days rodeo at the fairgrounds on Friday, Sept.
4. Friday's theme raised $55,000 for Providence St. Mary Regional Cancer Center and Saturday honored first responders — the rodeo wraps today.
KoosKooskie Commons in Walla Walla received $7,200 for its Every Drop Counts conservation program tracking water quality for salmon spawning in the Mill Creek Watershed (a grant from Wildhorse Foundation announced in August).
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