Erick Bengel

A theater in Walla Walla now has wearable devices to help deaf audience members feel live music through their bodies.

The 2026 State of the U.S. Wine Industry report by Silicon Valley Bank says, “The older, wine-focused cohort is aging out, and younger adults aren’t replacing them at the same rate.”

Opening Thursday and closing on June 27, the festival’s 19th season features about 30 musicians from across the country. In vineyards, wineries and the Gesa Power House Theatre, audiences will hear works ranging from classical to contemporary.

If the timeline holds, Walla Walla will have a library fit for the 21st century next year.

The onions are farmed by about a dozen growers in the Walla Walla Valley, which straddles southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon.

The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin's local printing press will shut down in mid-September , but a physical newspaper will continue to reach subscribers three days a week.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is making people aware of the dangers of hunting, hiking, fishing and recreating in wildfire burn scars, which can have unstable soil, dead trees ready to topple and other hazards.

Health care, affordability and data centers were among the topics that dominated a recent forum in Walla Walla with Washington state's two 5th Congressional District candidates: Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner and Democratic challenger Carmela Conroy.

Northwest Public Broadcasting | By Erick Bengel Last month, arborist Isaac Long drove to a residence in Walla Walla County to see if he could save a green ash tree in the owner's backyard.

Tens of millions of ash trees in the U.S. have died in this way, according to the USDA.