After many discussions on improving education in a tight budget year, the Legislature passed House Bill 2776, which is a continuation of the education reform package approved last year. Reps. Skip Priest and Pat Sullivan co-sponsored the measure that will now be forwarded to the governor for final approval.
The Union Pacific Railroad will be performing crossing repairs this weekend, Saturday through Monday. The work will be done at 8th Street at the crossing between Valentine Avenue Southeast and Butte Avenue.
Cascade Water Alliance is holding a public meeting 6-8 p.m. March 31 to discuss milfoil in Lake Tapps, answer questions from the community and take public comment. The meeting will be held at North Tapps Middle School, 20029 12th St. E, Lake Tapps.
Although it’s located in the heart of fast-growing Southeast King County, the alignment of the 11-mile Green Valley Road has barely changed since the 1880s. And surprisingly, some of the historic buildings and farms along the road would still look familiar to the original travelers of the road.
Students from the Auburn area were named to the dean’s List at the University of Washington for autumn quarter. To…
The Auburn High School Actors’ Guild presents the musical, “Grease”, for six performances at the Auburn Performing Arts Center, located at 700 E. Main St.
The inaugural Rock the Green Clean – a benefit to help raise awareness about the Green River Gorge conservation efforts and raise money to support two annual Green River Cleanup events – is set for March 28.
Gov. Christine Gregoire today signed into law Senate Bill 5582, a measure which will allow the Washington State Patrol to join local law enforcement agencies and hospitals to name a chronically ill child as the WSP “Chief for a Day.”
State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, has announced that she has endorsed no candidate for District 31, Position 1 House of Representatives, a seat being vacated by her son, Rep. Dan Roach.
Dan Roach, 31st District State Representative, announced today that he will seek election this fall to the Pierce County Council, position 1.
The woman stepped onto the bus and tried to explain what the affordable housing and programs offered by the Federal Way-based Multi-Service Center have done for her, how far she’s come – but deep emotion checked her.
On a day the school celebrated its first state sports team championship with an assembly, two students were making a little history of their own.
The City of Pacific has bid to purchase 130 3rd Ave. SE, property across the street from the fire station, adjacent to Pacific Centennial Park and property purchased last year (128 3rd Ave.).
The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 184 calls for service between March 1 and March 7, among them the following:
The Auburn Police Department responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between March 4 and March 9:
The acrylic and pastel works of Auburn artist and author Marina Shats are on display in the lobby of the Auburn Public Library, located at 1102 Auburn Way S., during regular operating hours, until March 30.
Owen Campbell Jr. vividly recalls how his hard-working mother set an example for her kids while they were growing up in the small town of Pacific.
Cheryl Creson only has to look out the window of her barbershop at East Main toward the parking lot between the street and Safeway to get upset.
Auburn Tourism: For special events in the Auburn area, visit the Web site: www.auburntourism.com.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Energy and Water Committee, pressed top officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs at Howard Hanson Dam.