Voting for or against environmental ballot measures may be more complicated than many realize. Not only do such measures frequently involve complex or vaguely worded scientific concepts — e.g. “carbon...

On Oct. 21, the Union Bulletin broke the news that the Port of Walla Walla Commissioners were considering selling 500 acres of land in the Wallula Gap Business Park to Advance Phase LLC for $32 million....

At Whitman, many students take biology, chemistry or biochemistry courses that involve working with a variety of chemicals in the lab. Notably, these chemicals are disposed of in different ways depending...

40 million years ago, the Cascade Mountain Range was formed, the result of the incredible forces of the earth's tectonic plates colliding together and forcing the earth upwards to create those inspiring...

  Water consumption has become a pressing issue worldwide, particularly in the West. In Walla Walla, rainfall fluctuates, and concerns about aquifer depletion are growing. Academic institutions...

Sitting under the fluorescent lights in the Hall of Science, I imagine this environment is not too different from the lab in which senior Biology major Ashley Rabenold conducted her summer research....

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become increasingly embedded in everyday tasks, from shopping and payments to transportation, identity verification and communication. This growing...

Since the early 20th century, wildland firefighting has been an enticing career for young men looking to work outside and get their hands dirty. However, a long-standing culture of hyper-masculinity has...

A small group of teenage boys vigorously dig through a trough of soil, yelling out the things that they see: worms, rollie pollies, millipedes. This is how the Garden Education Manager for the Sustainable...

As we near the end of the semester, the dear seniors in true liberal arts fashion are left to wonder, “What am I going to do with my bachelor of arts?” According to 2023 statistics, nearly...

Look out Walla Walla County, a new manufacturing facility may be coming your way. On March 7, 2024, insulation manufacturer ROCKWOOL announced that the company purchased 250 acres of land in the Wallula...

In the landscape of today's social media, the cult of consumerism reigns supreme. In the mix of Paul Mescal edits, photo dumps, tattoo flash sheets and horrible news of another dying species, something...