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Coal trains spew smoke for debate | Klaas

The debate over whether the Green River Valley should open its rails to a proposed coal train express…

Sticking together: Auburn’s Ayla Dodd has found a new life

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Getting the help, courage to rebuild their lives | AYR-EYFS benefit

Ayla Dodd turns instinctively to her two little girls to help her cope. When her babes laugh or…

Passing it on: Tera Sabo

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Special Knight: program crowns new Miss Auburn

Victoria Knight has passed this way before. Five years ago, on the brightly lit stage of the Auburn…

Ashlyn Mathews

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Finding her passion: Author makes inroads with her stories

To be seen, heard and read is a difficult challenge for fledgling authors in today’s oversaturated, competitive book…

Victoria Knight

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Knight captures Miss Auburn crown

Victoria Knight has passed this way before. Five years ago, she was crowned Miss Washington Outstanding Teen on…

Nancy Backus

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Backus enters Auburn mayoral race

Passionate about the city she grew up in and determined to take on its most difficult challenges, Nancy…

Opinion

Driving with attitudes, knowledge, awareness

It is only a snapshot, a gauge of self-reported driving behavior on our roadways. But some things are…

News

Going back to school on security | Klaas

Are schools safe for our children, educators and staff? For the most part, local school district officials say…

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High winds cause minor damage, power outages in Auburn area

One glance at the fallen Douglas fir in her front yard reminded Carrie Pond just how fortunate she…

A Home of Straw: Wendy Ray’s oil painting came away with the People’s Choice Award at the museum-supported exhibit.

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Auburn artist brings home People’s Choice Award

As an emerging artist, Wendy Ray welcomes the challenge to bring beauty to life on canvas. When it…

Opinion

What’s that strange object in the sky | Klaas

On the same November evening, a couple of hours apart, witnesses on Auburn's West Hill and in Kent's…

Lions Ambition

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GRCC’s Fall Diversity Festival shines | Slideshow

An ethnic blend of talented student and guest singers, musicians, dancers and poets took the stage at the…

Anthony Cano

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Auburn Boy Scout hopes to bring comfort to patients, organizes drive

Anthony Cano hopes to bring comfort to patients at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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Times for kudos and thanks | Klaas

Auburn won at the ballot this fall, persuading a "supermajority" of voters to pass Proposition 1, the $110…

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St. Vincent de Paul serves vital role in Auburn community

The phone never stops ringing, the doors often swing open. St. Vincent de Paul remains a vital resource,…

Auburn’s Scot Pondelick served three tours of duty in Iraq with a U.S. Army bomb squad. Now

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Veterans Day weekend 2012: Auburn man helped to defuse the conflict

Defanging bombs in a hostile land is a risky business. A job that calls for quick thinking, cold…

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell vows to continue efforts to put more Washingtonians

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Cantwell stops in Auburn, vowing to put more people to work

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell's reelection campaign stopped in Auburn on a soggy Friday morning, joining a spirited rally…

The Rev. Jimmie James

Opinion

Spreading HOPE for the homeless | Klaas

A woman reaches into her child's bag for a crayon so she can jot down a number to…

Michael Skupin

Life

‘Survivor’ star spreading the good word

He is the ultimate warrior, the genuine "Survivor," the guy always up to the challenge. Michael Skupin of…

Students at Holy Family School helped raise money so that others living half a world away could play soccer and gather water.

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Holy Family Catholic School students reach out to help small nation

Hope comes in the shape of a soccer ball for one impoverished, small African nation. Recognizing this, a…