WALLA WALLA—The City of Walla Walla has hired a new Library Director to succeed current Director Beth Hudson, who will retire at the end of August. Erin Wells, currently the Library Director for the Milton Freewater Public Library, will become the next director in Walla Walla. She will step into the position on Aug. 26.

Prior to her service in Milton Freewater, Erin was Library Director at Greeley County Library in Tribune, Kansas. She was raised in the Portland, Ore., area, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Portland State University, and attained her Master of Library Science from Emporia State University in Kansas.

She currently lives in Walla Walla with her husband, Matt Elder, who teaches history at Waitsburg High School.