Robert Whale

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Local leaders grapple with problems posed by crumbling freight corridors

Commissioners from the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, business owners, labor leaders, and the mayors of Auburn and…

Lily Wrubelski

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Program engages, accelerates young minds for Kent, Auburn students

All is fierce concentration on the face of 4-year-old Lily Wrubelski, seated at a computer terminal alongside her…

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Kent teen charged with beating of homeless man

Deonte Lamont Rasul-Chiono, prosecutors allege, jumped with both feet and the full force of his 275 pounds on…

Auburn’s Jim Fugate

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Auburn’s Jim Fugate prepares for day river turns on him

Nine years ago, Jim and Billie Fugate moved from their home of 29 years on Lea Hill to…

Driven by concerns about the vulnerability of the Auburn Food Bank to possible flooding this fall and winter

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Auburn no stranger to alarm bells; preparing for flood threat

The City of Auburn began planning for potential flooding of the Green River last January shortly after the…

Katy Vanderpool

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Howard Hanson Dam issues could complicate next rainy season

The Green River could flood next rainy season, so people should have a plan to deal with it.…

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Search continues for boy presumed drowned in Green River

The search continues for a 13-year-old boy missing since the car he was riding in plunged into the…

A memorial stands Tuesday near the Green River

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Two-year-old boy recovered from Green River; teen remains missing

Recovery crews from the King County Sheriff’s Office pulled a submerged car from a swift and swollen Green…

A King County rescue unit combs the Green River in search of a sunken car and two missing boys Friday. A 16-year-old driver of the car escaped. She called 911

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Green River sweeps away car; driver escapes, 2 children still missing

A 16-year-old girl lost control of her car and drove it off the Green River Road into the…