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Whitman Wire

Vol. CLIV, Issue 9
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Walla Walla Valley Engages in Next Phase of Rural Tourism Support Program with SWT

Baran Abbasi, News Reporter February 15, 2024

The Walla Walla Valley will participate in the next Rural Tourism Support (RTS) program offered by State of Washington Tourism (SWT).  In addition to overseeing destination marketing and management,...

Oblivious Walla Walla tourist verging on third week at Stanton after mistaking it for resort

AQ, Hard-Boiled Leg September 28, 2018

Ahh … the end of September – when the leaves begin to turn, the air begins to crisp and Whitman’s campus says “adieu” to its first whole month in action. Well, all but one particular resident,...

American Tourism in Mexico

American Tourism in Mexico

Peggy Li, Opinion Editor March 29, 2018

In contrast with our President, who built his campaign on building a wall, and making disparaging remarks about mexicans being ‘drug dealers, criminals, and rapists,’ thousands of American tourists,...

WWCC Feels Double-Edged Sword of Expanding Wine Industry

WWCC Feels Double-Edged Sword of Expanding Wine Industry

Nick Maahs, News Reporter February 13, 2018

The Walla Walla County Planning Commission held a public hearing last Wednesday, Feb. 7 discussing, among other items, a proposal regarding a 27 acre plot of land adjacent to the Walla Walla Community...

Walla Walla Airport by Anna Dawson

Third Round-trip Flight Announced Between Seattle and Walla Walla

Christy Carley February 4, 2016
Walla Walla will have a third round-trip flight to Seattle starting in March 2016.
Independent Quilting Supply Store Succeeds Despite Tough Market

Independent Quilting Supply Store Succeeds Despite Tough Market

Serena Runyan December 5, 2013
Read more about Stash, Walla Walla's independent quilting supply store.
Converging Histories Festival to Bring Past into Focus

Converging Histories Festival to Bring Past into Focus

Serena Runyan November 7, 2013
Find out more about the Kirkman House Museum and their upcoming Festival of Converging Histories, an event that celebrates the Victorian past of Walla Walla.
Horse Creek, Imnaha Canyon

Wallowa County: Through Young Eyes

Allison Bolgiano August 23, 2012
When I drove into Wallowa County in early June, I could not get enough of the landscape around me. I leaned forward in my seat and craned my neck to get a better look at basalt outcroppings carved by the Grande Ronde River charging downstream, the green pastures dotted with black cattle and at the snow-blanketed Wallowa Mountains growing ever bigger.
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