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Ten Years Ago

December 10, 2009

Mill Fire “Suspicious.” The fire that destroyed the historic Wait’s Mill is now considered “suspicious in nature” and may have started in of the more obscured corners of the structure, according to the Walla Walla County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Brian Bush, who is spearheading the investigation, said the latest determination is based on witness observations as well as video and photos taken of the fire that burned the 144-year-old mill to the ground before dawn on Sept. 6.

Accompanied on guitar by music teacher Brad Green, eight-year-old Hayle...