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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

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Whitman Wire

ASWC to Petition for Employment of Therapeutic Capybaras

ASWC to Petition for Employment of Therapeutic Capybaras

Ben Sherry, Enthusiastic Capybara Activist October 3, 2024

The Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC) have recently announced their efforts to lend their support in a recently developing situation for Walla Walla. They have spoken out that they have...

Whitman and WWPD: A Love Story No One Asked For

Arham Khan, Aspiring Mall Cop September 26, 2024

Ah, Whitman College and the Walla Walla Police Department (WWPD) — one of those relationships that lasts too long and has everyone wondering, “Are they still together?” The dynamic between Whitman...

How to Avoid Lymancest

How to Avoid Lymancest

AJ Johnson, Dating three people, all also named ‘AJ’ September 26, 2024

Lymancest: more contagious than the plague and twice as deadly. For those lucky few who’ve never heard of it, "Lymancest" is used to describe the sexual relationships that Lyman residents have with one...

Growing Behind Bars

Growing Behind Bars

Kaitlyn Salazar, Science and Environment Editor September 19, 2024

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...

Incarcerated Individual Dies After Assault at Washington State Penitentiary

Incarcerated Individual Dies After Assault at Washington State Penitentiary

Baran Abbasi, News Reporter April 4, 2024

On March 23, The Washington State Department Of Corrections released the news of  the death of an incarcerated individual in the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP). Sayadeth Phouthavongxay, a...

Walla Walla Enneagram

Carmel Stephan, Psychological analyst November 16, 2023

For those who may not know, there is a magical thing called the enneagram, and it categorizes all personalities into 9 types. Fill this out and you’ll discover your enneagram type!       1.  I...

Transitional Housing Facility Opens at Local Shelter

Oliver Kaufman, News Reporter November 2, 2023

The Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless recently added a new transitional housing expansion to its shelter, with aims of better serving the local homeless population. The new expansion is composed...

27th Annual Wheelin’ Walla Walla Weekend races through downtown

27th Annual Wheelin’ Walla Walla Weekend races through downtown

Kasey Moulton, Editor-In-Chief September 14, 2023

  Eleven blocks of Main Street between N Park Street and N Sixth Avenue were closed to traffic on Saturday, Sept. 9 for the 27th Annual Wheelin' Walla Walla Weekend. Nearly 550 vehicles lined...

Photo courtesy of Whitman College Office of Communications.

Governor Inslee visits Walla Walla and unites community around climate action

Zac Bentz, Publisher April 6, 2023

Amid a statewide housing crisis and the impending threat of global climate collapse, Washington Governor Jay Inslee visited Walla Walla on Tuesday, March 14 to speak with the community and address issues...

Impact grants for businesses released for the Walla Walla Valley

Sebastian Squire, News Reporter February 23, 2023

The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation (DWWF) received $632,250 worth of grants to distribute to for-profit startups. The grants will be given out in two separate rounds: the first will consist of technical...

Walla Walla road construction update

Walla Walla road construction update

Sebastian Squire, News Reporter February 9, 2023

After roads were closed in April of 2022, the Alder/Poplar reconstruction project has fallen victim to some of the same problems as other pandemic-era construction projects: supply chain issues. The...

Walla Walla road construction linked to Freemasons

Rachel Husband, currently listening to Sesame Street: Sesame Disco February 9, 2023

Construction off Rose and Main Street continues for a third week, inconveniencing many Whitman students living west of campus. The Wire sent reporters to investigate the construction site after a gas leak...

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