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The White River Buddhist Temple teachers lead a dance during last weekend’s Bon Odori Festival.

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Auburn shares the joy of O-Bon spirit

Throughout the sizzling afternoon, music filled the air and drums banged out a mesmerizing beat – boom boom…

Nia Hokulani Cortez points at her mom as she preforms a Tahitian dance at the Bon Odori Festival last year.

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Auburn, White River Buddhist Temple to celebrate O-Bon Festival

O-Bon is a time for Buddhists to reflect on the dedicated lives of departed ancestors who made the…

Pat Surr

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Auburn’s historic Olson Farm opens summer camp for learning

Today’s city folk often lose the vital knowledge of where food comes from, of farming, and the connection…

Burundi natives Augustine Ndayisenga and Dosio Baragenya found a few tools to help them turn the soil on the 10-acre Auburn farm leased for them.

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Thievery brings labor to a halt for immigrant farmers

Mohamed Rago stared at the fertile fields with their rich soil and latent promise to feed his wife…

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2 broken City wells may lead to water conservation in Auburn

Auburn residents may be asked to conserve water this summer because of inoperative water wells.

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4-story, 70-room hotel planned for south Auburn

Preliminary drawings show 71 parking stalls, but city officials say the owners are working with the City to…

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Auburn teen charged in allegedly shooting and seriously wounding 2 women

Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old Auburn boy with two counts of first-degree assault for allegedly shooting and seriously…

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Kent man sentenced to 25 years for killing Drott at Pacific community center

A Superior Court Judge last week sentenced a 23-year-old Kent man to 25 years in prison for firing…

State Sen. Claudia Kauffman was on hand to officially unveil the first signs in Auburn for the Safe Place for Newborns program at the VRFA Station 32 on Wednesday.

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First signs unveiled in Auburn for Safe Place for Newborns program

In 2000, two retired nurses found a newborn on a sidewalk in Seattle, wrapped in a flannel shirt.

City officials found the rundown Auburn Pines apartments at 505 and 515 North Division St.

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Auburn red-tags dilapidated apartments on North Division Street

Auburn’s finance department got its first inkling that something was not right at the Auburn Pines apartments when…

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Local author Paul Nelson tells of “A Time Before Slaughter.”

Poet Paul Nelson described some of the first reactions to the news that he was about to write…

The City of Auburn has appointed Kevin Snyder as the Planning and Development Director.

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Kevin Snyder named Auburn’s new Planning and Development Director

The City of Auburn has named Kevin Snyder the new Planning and Development Director

Downtown Auburn's Marvel Food & Deli is slated to be demolished to make way for the city's Promenade project.

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Two downtown buildings will fall to make room for City’s Promenade

Two longtime Auburn fixtures on the blocks just south of City Hall, the Marvel Food & Deli and…

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Auburn opts for 2½-year animal control contract with King County

The City of Auburn on Monday authorized Mayor Pete Lewis to enter into a 2½-year animal control contract…

The Auburn Library expansion includes 5

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Officials seek temporary home during Auburn Library expansion

The King County Library System has narrowed its focus to one option for a temporary library site to…

The proposed M Street grade separation project will allow for a new underpass for trains

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Auburn making way for M Street grade separation project

The City of Auburn has started the process of acquiring the right of way on the $22.5 million…

For Auburn High’s Austen Stone and Michelle Lee

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TOP GRADS OF 2010: Lee, Stone at the top of the class at Auburn High

Michelle Lee's perfect 4.0 grade point average puts her at the top of her Auburn High School graduating…

Heleena Seltz

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TOP GRADS OF 2010: Davis, Seltz find their way, excel at West Auburn

Editor’s note: The Auburn Reporter salutes some of the best graduating seniors from each of the Auburn School…

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Auburn approaches deadline on county animal control contract

Auburn City Council members must decide on a possible new animal contract with King County by June 21,…

After one year as manager of the Auburn International Farmers Market

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Auburn farmers market to open under new direction

Four weeks before the Auburn International Farmer' Market was slated to open for its second season, the City…