• Milton-Freewater holds a community meeting to discuss gang-related issues
• Demolition of Freewater School is put on hold due to an error and bids will have to be re-advertised
• Feature on fund-raiser that aims to collect unused/unwanted musical instruments and then auction them with proceeds going to the Children’s Museum
• Day-on-a-Dime: Visit the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute to see the Pacific Northwest through the eyes of it’s native inhabitants
• Don Davis and Nora the Schnauzer head into the Eagle Cap Wilderness

• Helpline received donated computers and other equipment from Saint Mary Medical Center
• Investigators believe a truck with a tire chain tangled in a rear wheel started the fire that burned 500 acres in the McNary Wildlife Refuge
• Rash of wildfires sparked by thunderstorm that moved into the area on Thursday
• Look for coverage of the 59th Annual All-City Golf Championship

The Daily Byte - August 7, 2008 from Walla Walla Union-Bulletin on Vimeo.

• Feature on this Musical Review by Little Theater of Walla Walla
• After 27 months at the helm of Washington State Penitentiary, Jeff Uttecht has been picked to take command of Coyote Ridge Correction Center in Connell
• Town hall meeting in Milton-Freewater to address gang activity
• Umatilla County District Attorney Dean Gushwa has announced a crackdown on child-support violators
• Feature on the Muddy Frogwater Country Classic in today’s Marquee section

• Brenda Simpson is first medical student to practice in Milton-Freewater as part of a program run by Oregon Health Sciences University
• 73-year-old man injured in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 12 at Gose Road
• Garfield County commissioner race issues and answers in today’s paper
• 17-year-old girl pleaded innocent to trying to arrange a murder-for-hire scheme to kill her mother
• Basement of the Red Eye was charred in a fire Sunday
• Pendleton puts agricultural burn ban in effect during the Umatilla County Fair

• Beware of phony Amber Alert text messages
• Freewater Elementary School’s future addressed at a school board meeting
• Mike Hammond’s “tree” made of antique nails and rebar is located in front of Land Title Plaza
• Dayton artist Steve Henderson is making a name for himself in the art world
• Rick Eskil reviews “Batman - The Dark Knight”
• Look for our Back to School special section in today’s paper

• Ricardo Duran takes his identity back from man who stole it 7 years ago
• Skate Park Association unveils plans for facility expansion
• A motorcyclist was killed near Athena; his wife is in critical condition
• Steve Higgins wins Logs to Frogs chainsaw carving competition
• Subway restaurant to move to new location
• WW Valley Little League wins one, loses one in tournament

The Daily Byte - July 18, 2008 from Walla Walla Union-Bulletin on Vimeo.

• Forms are available from the M-F Oregon State University extension office to drop off pesticides
• Two men sentenced for robbery of boy
• Fire Department investigates 2 structure fires
• Blue Mountain Mall project ahead of funding schedule; work stops
• Walla Walla Community Council choses the region’s children as its first study topic
• Elks Lodge hosts ’save our club’ SOC hop fund-raiser
• Look for features on St. Mary Medical Center volunteers, the Logs to Frogs event & the Sweet Onion Festival

• First case of West Nile Virus confirmed in WA state
• Man who died following ATV rollover identified
• Garrison Middle School student charged with making bomb threat
• Concrete mixer truck goes bottoms up in sink hole
• Logs to Frogs event hops into Milton-Freewater this weekend
• Fire danger high, but few driving restrictions set for BLM land
• Rockin’ granny Jo Shay, 71, jams with quartet
• Weekend preview of Karen Haas’ pioneer portrayal

• Due to considerable opposition, the Dept. of Natural Resources will not allow a test well to be drilled on state land
• McNary Lock and Dam will host an open house on July 19th
• The 233rd birthday of the U.S. Army was celebrated at a local party
• Lou Gates named superintendent of Columbia County School District
• Milton-Freewater public library has invited Hart’s Reptile World of Canby, Oregon
• 7-year-old Mary Bella Betts helped collect donation for the Blue Mountain Humane Society
• U-B’s Sheila Hagar took some target shooting lessons at the Waitsburg Gun club

• Barack Obama visit to Pendleton
• Deadline for Oregon ballot submission is 8pm Tuesday
• Weekend heat wave broke temperature record
• Walla Walla County Rural Library District wants to re-assess spending
• Walla Walla Singer Chevron ranked 4th in state, 67th in the country
• Ducky Derby coverage in Sunday’s paper
• Video of M-F drive-in re-opening