{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | owners = The Seattle Times Company | staff_writers = 12 | founded = 1861 (as ''Washington Statesman'') | language = English | headquarters = Walla Walla, Washington | circulation = 11,731 | circulation_date = 2022 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-14 |title=The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy |url=https://lwvwa.org/resources/Documents/Studies/LocalNews/Decline%2036.pdf |website=League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund}}</ref> | ISSN = 2154-6207 | oclc = 17390524 | website = [http://union-bulletin.com/ union-bulletin.com] }}
The '''''Walla Walla Union-Bulletin''''' ('''U-B''') is a newspaper based in Walla Walla, Washington 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blethen |first=Rob |date=April 29, 2019 |title=The First Newspaper in Walla Walla |url=https://www.union-bulletin.com/lifestyles/the-first-newspaper-in-walla-walla/article_5b1ceaee-6ac7-11e9-9875-1fdf54cbc3fd.html|access-date=February 22, 2022 |website=Walla Walla Union-Bulletin |language=en}}</ref> It began publishing weekly editions on November 29, 1861, using an old printing press acquired from the ''Oregon Statesman'' in Salem by brothers William Smith and R. B. Smith and a press from ''The Oregonian'' purchased by Major Raymond R. Rees and Nemiah Northrop.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=February 6, 2003 |title=Washington Statesman begins publication in Walla Walla on November 29, 1861. - HistoryLink.org |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5179|access-date=February 22, 2022 |website=HistoryLink}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Evening Statesman (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88085421/|access-date=February 22, 2022|work=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />
The ''Walla Walla Union'' was founded in 1868 as a Republican newspaper, to counter the ''Statesman'''s 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.<ref name="Lyman">{{cite book |last=Lyman |first=William Denison |year=1918 |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |title=Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County, Volume I |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lymanshistoryofo01lyma/page/257 257]–264 |chapter=Chapter VII: The Press of Walla Walla County |url=https://archive.org/details/lymanshistoryofo01lyma |via=The Internet Archive |access-date=November 7, 2016 |oclc=8587023}}</ref><ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://www.union-bulletin.com/site/about.html |publisher=Walla Walla Union-Bulletin |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Lyman"/><ref name="About"/> The ''Union-Bulletin'' was operated as an independent newspaper until it was acquired by The Seattle Times Company on October 1, 1971.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 1, 1971 |title=Walla Walla sale: The Times buys Union-Bulletin |page=A14 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>
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.<ref name="About"/><ref>{{cite news |date=August 2, 2020 |title=Union-Bulletin promotes local managers to top roles |url=https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/business/union-bulletin-promotes-local-managers-to-top-roles/article_2f27d519-b217-5407-bcea-36d187efb7a3.html |work=Walla Walla Union-Bulletin |access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-03 |title=East Oregonian to move printing operations to Walla Walla |url=https://www.eomediagroup.com/company-news/east-oregonian-to-move-printing-operations-to-walla-walla/article_3dd9646a-4fab-11eb-959f-4f3d6891a2c6.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=EO Media Group LLC |language=en}}</ref>
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