Hundreds of demonstrators showed up in downtown Walla Walla on Saturday, April 5, to protest the second Trump Administration and its barrage of policies aimed at dramatically reshaping American society and the world order.

The "Remove, Reverse, Reclaim" march was part of a series of rallies under 50501 — “50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement” — taking place in cities nationwide since early February. It was organized by the Walla Walla Activist Network, a grassroots group that formed after the International Women’s Day march last month.

Charles (Chuck) Sams III will be a featured speaker at the Walla Walla Democrats’ Power of Community celebration on Wednesday, June 18, at 6 p.m., in the ballroom of The Marcus Whitman Hotel in Walla Walla.

The Power of Community event will feature Sams and several local elected officials in conversations about leadership, service, and community engagement.

Join your friends and neighbors at the Walla Walla County Courthouse on Saturday, April at the Remove Reverse Reclaim protest. Plan to arrive before 2:30 pm to get your placard or bring your own sign. A march to Heritage Park will follow.

Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, on Tuesday night surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action.

Friday night, March 21, in the pouring rain, over 200 people attended a Town Hall meeting at Cavu Cellars. The purpose of the Town Hall was to bring the community together.

Walla Walla County is an amazing community.  Hard times are coming for many given changes at the Federal level.

Chris Hayes leads with a story about an Idaho public school teacher who was ordered to remove a poster saying “Everyone is Welcome Here.” In Idaho during the reign of Trump, that’s not true anymore.

The show follows with Republican town halls in Wyoming and Washington. At 6:25, the audience hoses Michael Baumgartner (D-WA, CD5).

Walla Walla Public Schools and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation recently signed a memorandum of understanding that has been in the works for years. The memorandum, signed on Wednesday, March 12, means the district has promised to continue educating its students about CTUIR history and culture.

The community is coming together Friday night, March 21, 7 pm at Cavu Cellars to share our experiences and stories of the past six weeks, and ask questions and find resources.  Our Walla Walla community is strong -- we are gathering to celebrate hope, to prepare our community for upcoming changes, and to ensure the fabric of our community is strong. 

For the second time in 25 years, a lone figure takes to the stage, an oversized maple leaf flag rippling on a screen behind him as he approaches the microphone. His hair is perhaps a little greyer but the message remains the same: Canada will not cower to the United States.

Farmers in Columbia County may have trouble accessing programs through the U.S. Department of Agriculture locally when the USDA’s Dayton service center closes under federal cost-cutting reforms. The fate of the service center's employees remains unclear.

Senator Perry Dozier (R-16) and Representative Mark Klicker (R-16) will host a virtual town hall meeting on Monday, March 17 at 6:00 pm. Representative Skyler Rude (R-16) is not scheduled to be a participant. The meeting will conclude at 7:00 pm. Advance registration is required. Click here to register.

You may submit a question to Dozier and Klicker when you register.

Representative Richard Hudson of North Carolina, the chairman of House Republicans’ campaign arm, issued a stark message to the GOP rank and file on Tuesday: Stop having in-person town halls with your constituents.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a reorganization that includes cutting over 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for retired military members, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press.

It’s 6:40 a.m. at the Washington State Penitentiary. Men are starting to wake up. Certain sounds come alive. “Man, you hear them toilets flushing up there?” Demar Nelson asks from inside his cell.

Congressman Michael Baumgartner called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to resign Friday, hours after a diplomatic meltdown in the White House as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance claimed Zelenskyy was ungrateful to the administration.

President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being “disrespectful” Friday in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, then abruptly called off the signing of a minerals deal with the U.S. that Trump said would have moved Ukraine closer to ending its war with Russia.

On Thursday Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump’s defense secretary from 2017 to the start of 2019, joined other former secretaries of defense to call on Congress to hold immediate hearings to assess the national security implications of Trump’s recent dismissal of several senior U.S. military leaders.

Democrats and like-minded individuals are standing against the harmful, reckless, and overly broad cuts to vital federal programs and funding imposed by the unelected Elon Musk and DOGE, enabled by President Trump.