Violet Einstein, Science & Environment Writer
• April 17, 2026
Chewing leaves into lacey skeletons, dessicating acres of grass and fueling the outpour of thousands of gallons of insecticides into waterways, this infamous emerald insect has certainly made a name for...
Many Washington farmworkers spend over 80 hours a week in the fields without overtime pay. A bipartisan bill before the Washington State Legislature could finally change that.
Edgar Franks is the Political...
On November 29, 2017, Darlene and Perry Dozier filed an amendment to the Zoning Code Text Amendments through the Community Development Department to allow them to start bottling water on their farmland...
Walla Walla native Jon Betz, a documentary filmmaker specializing in environmental and humanitarian issues, returned to his hometown on March 29 for a special screening of his latest project, “SEED:...
Whitman's Glean Team harvest fruits and vegetables from farms around the Walla Walla valley and donate them to local food banks, in order to provide healthy food to those in need as well as save food which would otherwise go to waste.
What if environmentalists have lost the fight for the planet? Green advocates will likely be prevented from implementing any meaningful solutions to our climate crisis, we must think of ways to live on a new planet.
With the presidential election only a few weeks away, the country’s political discourse is as loud as ever. But, the scope of public political discourse has become so narrow that broader issues of social, economic and ethical importance are erased from the public conscience.
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.
