The ''Walla Walla Union-Bulletin'' (U-B) is a newspaper based in

Walla Walla, Washington Walla Walla ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,339 as of 2023. The combined populat ...

and owned by the Seattle Times Company. It publishes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

History

The modern ''Union-Bulletin'' can trace its origins to the ''Washington Statesman'', the city's first newspaper, founded in September 1861. It began publishing weekly editions on November 29, 1861, using an old

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acquired from the ''

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'' in Salem by brothers William Smith and R. B. Smith and a press from ''

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'' purchased by Major Raymond R. Rees and Nemiah Northrop. The newspaper was released on Fridays, changed its name to ''Walla Walla Statesman'' in 1864. The paper's name was changed again to the ''Statesman'' in 1878, and it became the region's first daily newspaper. The ''Walla Walla Union'' was founded in 1868 as a Republican newspaper, to counter the ''Statesmans Democratic lean, and began publishing in April 1869 as a weekly and in 1881 as a daily. The ''Union'' was merged with the ''Statesman'' in 1907, coming under the common ownership of Washington Printing and Book Publishing Company. The ''Walla Walla Bulletin'' began publication on February 12, 1906, becoming the third largest newspaper in the Walla Walla region. The ''Bulletin'' and ''Union'' were merged into the ''Union-Bulletin'' by owner John G. Kelly in 1934, who had acquired the ''Bulletin'' in 1910. The ''Union-Bulletin'' was operated as an independent newspaper until it was acquired by

The Seattle Times Company The Seattle Times Company is a privately owned publisher of daily and weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Washington. Founded in Seattle, Washington in 1896, the company is in its fourth generation of control by the Blethen family as of 202 ...

on October 1, 1971. Until February 2020, the newspaper was managed by a local publisher. A local executive team was formed in August to manage the ''Union-Bulletin'' following the departure of editor Brian Hunt, under the leadership of senior editor Dian Ver Valen. In November 2020, the ''Walla Walla Union-Bulletin'' acquired EO Media Group's printing press to replace its own and was contracted to print all of EO's papers moving forward.

References

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