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• CV thumps Mead for State 4A softball berth

  May 19, 2012 in Sports Joe Stanton escaped the Gatorade bath. The Central Valley softball coach was happy to allow the day to soak in, though.

• Mesh fence studied to protect Walla Walla bees

  May 15, 2012 in Region Washington State University will be testing a mesh barrier in Walla Walla County this June in hopes of reducing the number of valuable bees being killed by highway traffic. 5

• Crowds of supporters cheer on Ironman competitors

  June 27, 2010 After a wet and cold spring, the weather won best in show Sunday for the Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene.

• Inmate kills entangled deer at Walla Walla work farm

  May 28, 2010 in City The Washington State Penitentiary says an inmate on a work crew killed and butchered a deer outside the prison at Walla Walla. 3

• Obama signs law to OK Walla Walla VA renovation

  November 11, 2009 in Region President Barack Obama has signed a law authorizing the Department of Veterans Affairs to build a new outpatient clinic at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Walla … 2

• Explosives stolen from Walla Walla airport

  August 1, 2009 in City on Page B2 WALLA WALLA – Federal, state and local police are seeking leads in the theft of a large amount of explosives. The explosives, which include TNT, blasting cap boosters and black …

• Walla Walla knows wine

  July 28, 2008 in City on Page A5 You know you’re close to Walla Walla when the brown scablands are interrupted by fuzzy-looking green patches on the hillsides. Those dark green patches are vineyards. The other indicator is …