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Life

Mark your calendar for the annual Auburn Petpalooza

Event is May 18 at Game Farm Park.

Green River. File photo

News

Project targets major flooding of Green River

The risk posed to the 21-mile corridor could affect more than 27,000 residents and the stability of 28,000…

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

Opinion

If you’re right, and you know it, then read this | Whale’s Tales

As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”

Auburn Station’s existing parking garage. (File photo)

Northwest

Alternatives for Auburn’s Sound Transit parking garage

Kent Station one option as fewer floors available in Auburn

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Auburn Food Bank officially opens new home

$800,000 anonymous gift gives the food bank about five times as much space.

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.

Opinion

The key thing is what we do with our imperfections | Whale’s Tales

I have said and done many things of which I am not proud. That is, I am no…

King County elections drop box. (File photo)

Northwest

Auburn School District levy is passing by thin margin

These were the results as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21.

Maddy Lindsay won the Miss Auburn crown last weekend. Photo courtesy City of Auburn.

Northwest

Miss Auburn and Miss Auburn’s Teen 2024 winners crowned

There were 10 Miss Auburn and 11 Miss Auburn Teen contestants

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Emergency housing facility opens in north Auburn

Don’s Place serves people experiencing homelessness, with a focus on veterans and seniors.

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Business

Muckleshoot Tribe’s new luxury Auburn hotel tower celebrates grand opening

The 18-story, 401-room tower looms large over city; casino began in tent in 1995

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Grappling with the finality of an oncologist’s statement | Whale’s Tales

Perhaps my brain injected a bit of humor to cover the shock. But I felt the gut punch.

Auburn High School. File photo

Northwest

Auburn voters to decide on school district operations levy

District will use the money to fund educational programs that the state does not fund fully or at…

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Auburn, Sound Transit work out Sounder parking garage’s details

Second garage for train commuters

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Auburn Reporter’s Person of the Year is anonymous

Local businessman donates $800,000 to save Auburn Food Bank.

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The Auburn Avenue Theater sits vacant and boarded up on Jan. 3, 2022, after being condemned due to safety concerns stemming from the demolition of the Max House Apartments complex next door.

Northwest

Wave goodbye to the Auburn Avenue Theater in 2024

Demolition will pave the way for a new downtown theater complex.

The area within the dotted line is a Kent neighborhood known as The Bridges, completely surrounded by Auburn. (COURTESY IMAGE)

News

Auburn council slated to vote on Bridges annexation

This would set the clock ticking down to 12:01 a.m., Jan. 1, 2024, when the annexation of the…

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Northwest

Anonymous benefactor donates $800,000 to fully fund Auburn food bank relocation

Executive director: ‘I have a Christmas miracle at Thanksgiving’

Photo courtesy of the City of Auburn
The Navy Band of the Northwest participated in the 2022 parade.

News

Don’t miss Auburn’s 58th annual Veterans Parade

One of the largest Veterans Day parades west of the Mississippi returns to Auburn on Saturday, Nov. 11.

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The area within the dotted line is a Kent neighborhood known as The Bridges, completely surrounded by Auburn.

News

Bridges neighborhood annexation moves closer to finish line

The City of Kent annexed this area in 1987 before Auburn’s annexation of Lea Hill in 2008.

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Here’s a column for anyone who loves their dog | Whale’s Tales

It is plain to me in looking at dogs small and large that a decent share of them…