Susan Shain

For decades, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation has been working with farmers and states to bring spring Chinook salmon back to the Walla Walla Basin. Their efforts are finally paying off.

The Walla Walla Housing Authority closed its waitlist for Housing Choice Vouchers, also known as Section 8, earlier this month.

Unlike what’s typically offered at prisons, "inside-out" classes allow incarcerated and non-incarcerated students to learn with and from each other, engaging in dialogue and forming relationships. Whitman College has tried to offer one of these classes every semester since 2016.

Washington hospitals must start complying with a new staffing law by July 1, or eventually face financial penalties from the state.

The letter came on the heels of the paper's investigation into the school's alleged mishandling of sexual violence and prevention.

Referees and umps don't often get the spotlight. But the city of Walla Walla has declared today "Vic Walker Day" in honor of one of Washington's longest tenured school sports officials. He's helped bring sports to the community for almost six decades.

Walla Walla County has found permanent housing for 74% of the people who exited its homeless services system. That's data from the last fiscal year, according to the Washington Department of Commerce. And it's nearly twice the rate of the state as a whole.

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