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A petition to dissolve the Columbia County Rural Library District fell six signatures short of qualifying for the general election ballot, according to the Auditor’s Office.

The Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees selected library assistant Ellen Brigham to serve in the interim as it begins the search for a new library director and

Leslie M. Moreno, the 29-year-old Waitsburg woman whose 2021 first-degree manslaughter conviction was overturned last month by the Washington State Court of Appeals, is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 8.

Round trips have been achieved in and out of the city centre generally without delay. This now seems to be a consistent pattern, says our columnist.

Telephones are ubiquitous today, with almost everyone having — at least — one phone. We tend to forget there was a time when a telephone was a luxury item that

John Davidson heads out for a run on a route that has a history that pre-dates the Battle of Culloden – but only just

Three inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla — the state’s largest maximum-security prison — died of suicide this month, all within a six-day timeframe.

Ziply Fiber, a regional internet provider whose service spans 250,000 miles across the Northwest, is installing 100% fiber optic internet in Walla Walla.

We need to consider just how important the Highlands and Islands has become to the national interest, says our columnist.

Nathan “Tex” Bagwell had a reputation as an honest gambler in North Yakima, and was able to make a small fortune at the gaming tables. But Bagwell’s luck ran out