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Relentless graffiti frustrates Auburn residents, property owners

The back fence and garbage cans of one Harvey Road business have been tagged repeatedly with graffiti —…

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Mountainview, Olympic, Hazelwood take all-school food drive titles

There were smiles a plenty to go around at the Auburn Food Bank at the tallying of the…

The proposed promenade as seen from the west side of Division between West Main Street and 2nd Street Southeast.

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City of Auburn moving ahead with promenade

To move forward with the proposed $6 million South Division Street Promenade project, the City of Auburn is…

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Library lease snafu cleared up, Auburn expansion will move ahead

The King County Library System will expand the 10-year-old Auburn Library in the Les Gove Park campus.

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Auburn students take on new WASL

Students in Auburn and throughout Washington state sat for the High School Proficiency Exam for the first time…

Once city officials adopt an ordinance that models FEMA’s guidelines

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Auburn to end moratorium on development in flood plain

A reluctant Auburn City Council on Nov. 17, 2008 slapped a six-month moratorium on all construction in flood…

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Kitsch-en restaurant owner maintains optimism in face of sour economy

Making a go of a small business is always tough. But in this battered and battering economy, tough…

Faith Richie chief executive officer of Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation

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Auburn-Kent bus tour pitches more affordable housing

The woman stepped onto the bus and tried to explain what the affordable housing and programs offered by…

Cheryl Creson

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Permit parking causes stir in downtown Auburn

Cheryl Creson only has to look out the window of her barbershop at East Main toward the parking…

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Saying sorry has become an obsession | Whale

I just caught the latest installment of “Am I Really Sorry?,” that whacky new form of entertainment that’s…

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Playground closer to fundraising goal

Funding of the Barrier Free Playground at Les Gove Park is more than two-thirds of the way home.

Auburn’s Joe Welsh

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Expert chronicles storied Union Pacific Railroad in comprehensive book

What the worldJoe Welsh’s 160-page, soup-to-nuts history of the Union Pacific Railroad from its inception in 1862 to…

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Army Corps of Engineers to test strength of Howard Hanson Dam with spring fill

Weather permitting, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could begin this month on the annual spring fill of…

Scott Spies talks to his attorney

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Former Auburn Adventist teacher pleads not guilty to rape charge

A former Auburn Adventist Academy Bible teacher accused of having sex with a teenage female student pleaded not…

Mayor  Pete Lewis checks out a troubleshooting tool of transportation planners

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Auburn’s professional center is hub of city emergency operations, home to others

Fitted out with television, computers, radio and telephones, the City of Auburn’s new Emergency Operations Center on the…

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Ordinance looks to curb false alarms

Concerned about many false alarms that take police away from other duties, the City of Auburn in January…

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Auburn teacher charged for allegedly having sex with student

King County Prosecutors on Thursday charged a former teacher at Auburn Adventist Academy with one count of third-degree…

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Court: State fails to provide adequate public education

A King County Superior Court Judge recently ruled that the state of Washington is not meeting its constitutional…

Kathy and Joe Mahoney

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Tavern opens heart to family of slain deputy

The Sports Page Tavern was hopping last Friday as owners Kathy and Joe Mahoney held a raffle and…

Barber Randy Simon

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Local effort to put on benefit for Haiti victims

Inspired by a local barber and barbershop, Northwest Caribbean Connection and the City of Auburn will throw a…