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La Nina settling in for third straight winter

SALEM — Federal forecasters are nearly certain a La Nina will prevail in early winter and think it…

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Walla Walla VA holding virtual town hall for women veterans

WALLA WALLA — The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, is hosting a virtual town hall…

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Federal wildland firefighters get hefty pay raise for next 2 years

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the…

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Walla Walla VA to hold virtual community clergy training program June 23

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center’s Chaplain Service is hosting a virtual community…

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News of the weird: Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho…

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Virtual Memorial Day service planned courtesy of Walla Walla VA medical center

WALLA WALLA — A virtual Memorial Day service from the Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center is…

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Baker City mother, daughter to receive $200,000 in settlement of lawsuit against Baker School District

BAKER CITY — A Baker City woman and her daughter who filed a federal lawsuit against the Baker…

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Former Walla Walla businessman Mark Gilbert set for fraud sentencing this summer

WALLA WALLA — A former Walla Walla businessman who operated a chain of car dealerships in eastern Washington,…

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News of the weird: Pot shop robberies, deaths fuel calls for US banking bill

SEATTLE — A surge in robberies at licensed cannabis shops — including a pistol-whipping, gunshots and killings in…

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Wyden: It’s time to end federal restrictions on cannabis

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s time for Congress to lift federal cannabis restrictions dating back…

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