Southeast Washington
Regional Offices
Walla Walla County residents: Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, Whitman,
825 Jadwin Avenue, Ste 206 and Adams county residents:
Richland, WA 99352 W. 920 Riverside, Ste 697
T: (509) 946-8106 Spokane, WA 99201
F: (509) 946-6937 T: 509-353-2507
F: 509-353-2547
About Southeast Washington
Southeast Washington is home to the number-one wheat producing county in the U.S. every year since 1978 – Whitman County. The region is commonly referred to as the Palouse or the “Gold Belt” due to its miles of rolling hills and farmland. The Palouse is home to fertile farmland and diverse agriculture as well as small communities dominated by early 20th century architecture.
Nestled in the golden hills in the City of Pullman is Washington State University (WSU), a land-grant institution that is home to more than 19,000 students, cutting-edge research and more than 200 fields of study. South of WSU, along the Idaho border, are the cities of Lewiston, ID, and Clarkston, WA, and the Lewis-Clark Valley, situated at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers. Both cities and the valley are named after the early 19th century American explorers, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and the area showcases tributes to their remarkable journey.
On the western side of Southeast Washington, Walla Walla is the regional hub, famous for its sweet onions and home to Whitman College, one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges. The Walla Walla Valley has experienced an explosion in its wine industry over the last decade. Today the region produces some of the finest American wines at more than 100 wineries and attracts visitors from all over world. As a whole, Washington state is now the second largest wine producer in the nation, and Washington wine is sold all across America and in more than 40 countries. Other agricultural products such as wheat, peas and lentils as well as a thriving livestock industry play an important economic role in Southeast Washington.