Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

1 day ago | thenewstribune.com | Brittany Anderson

The Walla Walla Valley will descend on Pioneer Park, 940 E. Alder St., on Friday, July 4, for an all-day celebration of our nation's independence. There will be local music, entertainment, arts, crafts, food trucks and vendors. Fourth of July in the Park 2024Bunker, poster dog for Sit Means Sit dog training, poses atop a fire hydrant at a booth at Fourth of July in the Park in 2024.

2 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Helena Wegner

A body found in a reservoir near Mount St. Helens belongs to a missing hunter, deputies said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 72-year-old man’s body was found seven months after he vanished during a hunting trip in Washington, deputies said. Someone reported finding a body June 22 in the Swift Reservoir, just south of Mount St. Helens, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Deputies and the county coroner got on a boat to recover it, authorities said.

3 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Kristine Sherred

Quiet for more than five years, Johnny’s Dock reopens under new ownership Wednesday on Tacoma’s Thea Foss Waterway — new menu, same sights. The restaurant, located since 1977 off D Street on the eastern side of the water strip that separates Dock Street from the Tideflats, looks very similar to the moment in March 2020 when operations suddenly stopped.

3 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Loryn Kykendall

When Wade Smith was hired as Walla Walla School District's new superintendent in 2016, he received a piece of advice from former deputy superintendent George Murdock: Step aside when the district is in a good place and you've offered all you can. Now, almost 10 years later, that's exactly what Smith is doing. His last day as superintendent will be Monday, June 30. "I believe that I've provided what my board wanted to see, what our community wanted to see, what our staff wanted to see," Smith said.

3 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Brittany Anderson

From baseball to live music and a full-on freedom festival, this weekend is full of All-American fun. Play ballThe Walla Walla Sweets will play three games against the NW Star Nighthawks this weekend, one on Friday, June 27 (gates open at 6 p.m.), one Saturday, June 28 (gates open at 5:30 p.m.), and the last on Sunday, June 29 (gates open at 5:30 p.m.). On Friday, the Mariner Moose will be in town to greet Sweets fans.