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Saturday, November 7, 2026

Pacific Power rates drop 7.9% today in Walla Walla

Plus, the Blue Devils play Stanwood at 2 p.m. with books on the line.

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News Notes

Power bills

If you're a Pacific Power customer, your rate drops 7.9% starting today after the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approved the change. A typical residential customer could pay $12.14 less per month. Nonstop Local News

Recycling

The City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday night raising the monthly residential recycling rate from $8.15 to $8.52 starting Jan. 1, 2027. Elkhorn Media Group

Each piece of the monthly recycling bill goes up in 2027

$8.15Monthly household rate$8.52
$6.66Basin Disposal collection$6.87
$0.70Commodities charge$0.82

Source: Elkhorn Media Group

Head Start

Walla Walla School District is prepared to pay about $880,000 to keep running through the end of the 2026-27 school year while it waits to hear where federal funding stands. The program serves 116 children and is funded by $2 million in federal funds each year. Union-Bulletin

Playoff bet

The Wa-Hi Blue Devils face the Stanwood Spartans at 2 p.m. today at Stanwood High School. Superintendents Ben Gauyan and Ryan Ovenell agreed that the loser donates copies of "The Football Fiasco" by Mike Lupica to every elementary school library in the winning district. Elkhorn Media Group

Taste of the Valley

If you haven't picked up a passport yet, the Chamber of Commerce's Taste of the Walla Walla Valley runs today from 1 to 4 p.m. Five-taste passports cost $25 and 10-taste passports cost $35. Nonstop Local News

Home

Two home kitchen upgrades under $24 while sales last: super-absorbent dish towels that come in an eight-pack and include a hanging loop, and a water-absorbing stone sponge holder that’s minimalist, compact, and keeps counters and sponges dry with natural diatomite stone.

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Monday November 9th at 6 pm 314W Main.

“There will be an evening meeting of the Walla Walla County Commissioners. The first 30 minutes of the meeting will be public comments. I am asking that anyone opposed to the data center being proposed at Wallula Junction, please come to this meeting. You can speak if you like or just show up to show the 3…”

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The Wrap

Splash of the season: the Wa-Hi girls swim team just won its third straight Class 3A District 6 championship at Whitman College's Harvey Pool, piling up 448 points. Sophomore Violette Schindler set school records in both the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly. Three-peat, indeed.

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  1. Mon., Nov. 9Wa-Hi volleyball plays a loser-out game Tuesday
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  3. Fri., Nov. 6Work starts on a new Kennewick VA clinic that could cut trips to Walla Walla
  4. Thurs., Nov. 5Grenache Fest hits Waitsburg this weekend
  5. Wed., Nov. 4Amazon confirms plans for up to 21 data centers in West Richland
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Good Day Walla Wallato me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

Pacific Power rates drop 7.9% today in Walla Walla

Plus, the Blue Devils play Stanwood at 2 p.m. with books on the line.

The TLDR

  1. Pacific Power rates fall 7.9% starting today
  2. Recycling goes to $8.52 a month on Jan. 1
  3. District is prepared to pay about $880,000 to keep Head Start going
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