Story by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Cole | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 03.28.2025
WALLA WALLA, Wash. – As an atmospheric river surged into the Pacific Northwest in late February 2025, it carried not just warm tropical moisture—but the potential for disaster. By February 24, the storm peaked, bringing a sudden rise in temperatures that triggered rapid snowmelt across Oregon’s Malheur Basin. While rainfall remained moderate, the real threat came from the melting......
Story by Noe Gonzalez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 10.22.2024
It started in 1979 on the dirt streets of Zacatecas, Mexico, where a young boy named Juan Gaytan dreamed of a better life in the United States....
Story by Hannah Mitchell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 01.10.2023
In 1931, a torrent of brown water roared down Mill Creek, with water levels rising at a rate of one foot per hour. The water escaped the confines of the riverbanks and rushed through the City of Walla Walla, destroying homes, roads and bridges. Born in the wake of this disastrous event, the Mill Creek Project now stands to protect the city from floods like this....
Story by Noe Gonzalez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 01.03.2022
How do you save the community of Walla Walla nearly one million gallons of drinking water a year?
Story by Hannah Mitchell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 03.06.2020
Walla Walla, Wash. –The Walla Walla River basin's rain-on-snow event resulted in historic flows on most streams and rivers in the region. In the aftermath of the flood event, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District shifted their focus from flood fighting to helping restore some of the surrounding flood effected areas....
Story by Joseph Saxon | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 02.12.2020
For about 36 hours on Feb. 6 and 7, from Thursday morning to Friday night, Corps officials continuously monitored water flows up and down the Mill Creek Channel and throughout the Walla Walla Basin in eastern Washington. They increased Bennington Lake diversions Thursday night, focused on effectively managing the amount of water going through town with those into Bennington Lake....
Story by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 09.04.2018
As the sun rose over the Mill Creek channel a group of ten students from Whitman College’s Summer Community Out-Reach Excursion or SCORE program, volunteered to help Park Tech Sandy Hatton clear a small area of land for a pollinator garden on their Saturday morning....
Story by Hannah Mitchell | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 08.03.2018
When summer is breathing through the classroom windows, it can be hard for students to focus on learning. Fortunately, students can still learn important lessons in water safety while playing outside....
