PRESCOTT – A $183,300 United States Department of Agriculture community facilities grant will allow the City of Walla Walla to fund the installation of new emergency communications equipment on a tower near Prescott.

The project, which is expected to be completed in a year’s time, will improve radio coverage for law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services in a large, rural portion of Walla Walla County. Currently, emergency responders are unable to communicate with each other or with dispatchers via radio when they are in the Prescott area, and must drive to where communicatio...