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Opinion

Incredible memories of not-so-incredible edibles | Whale’s Tales

After more than 56 years, I can still smell and taste the rubbery things.

Nancy Peterson displays the bowl she took home from the Empty Bowls event April 26 at Grace Community Church in Auburn. Photo by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter

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Empty Bowls is about more than just soup

Event benefits Auburn Food Bank.

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

Opinion

My heroes include Dickey Betts and Merriman Smith | Whale’s Tales

I admire these guys for very different reasons.

News

City code amendment targets for-hire vehicles

From now on, any business that operates for-hire vehicles (Uber and Lyft, for example) in the City of…

A new state law goes into effect on June 6, restoring the ability for police departments to set their own policy on police pursuits in their jurisdictions. File photo

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Auburn PD prepares for new pursuit policies

When Initiative 2113, a law approved this spring by Washington’s Legislature, goes into effect on June 6, it…

Life

Empty Bowls fundraiser benefits Auburn Food Bank

What has become a popular fundraising event for hunger-fighting organizations throughout the country makes its annual appearance in…

The Auburn Valley Humane Society will welcome adoptable cats into The Cat Café at the Outlet Collection Mall to mingle with kitty fanciers by mid-May. Photo courtesy AVHS.

Business

Auburn Valley Humane Society’s Cat Café opens at Outlet Collection

Cozy up with a cuddly kitty cat.

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

Opinion

Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of dogs | Whale’s Tales

I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.

File photo showing a marijuana bust in King County. (File photo)

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City settles property dispute related to drug operation

According to city documents, the individuals agreed to forfeit to the city their rights, title and interest to…

Assistant Jamie Stephens with some of the floral arrangements she has put together at White Willow Company in the Auburn Arcade. Photo by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter

Business

Business adds flower power to downtown Auburn

White Willow Company is at 222 E. Main St. #D in the Downtown Arcade north of Safeway.

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

Opinion

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives | Whale’s Tales

It seems I got to be a geezer awful fast.

Auburn Station as seen from 1st Street Northwest. File photo

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Sound Transit parking garage project under way

The closed, fenced-off city parking lot northwest of the 1st Street Northwest and A Street Northwest intersection isn’t…

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

Opinion

Snake oil salesmen thrive in the social media age | Whale’s Tales

Like Teddy Daniels, a former candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant, who is prominently featured in a series of doomsday,…

Don’t make your pet a scofflaw. Take advantage of pet licensing amnesty month. Image courtesy of Auburn Valley Humane Society.

Life

Good news for renewing your pet license in Auburn

Twice a year, the Auburn Valley Humane Society waives the penalty for pet owners.

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

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Alternatives for Auburn parking garage

Sound Transit is displacing city employee parking from 1st Street NW and A Street NW where the new…

Auburn Justice Center, 340 E. Main St. File photo

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Auburn seeks solutions for aging public facilities

In the years since 2021, when the council adopted the plan, the buildings have not gotten younger, and…

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

Opinion

Once upon a time, there was a local journalist | Whale’s Tales

I could call up any large chain store in a city and talk to someone without being told…

Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn on Aug. 27, 2021. File photo

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Council modifies rules for homeless camping visibility

Too often, the first indication Auburn’s homelessness outreach workers get that an unhoused person has died in a…

Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@www.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…”

A ribbon cutting was held March 20 to celebrate the new home of the Auburn Food Bank, 2804 Auburn Way N. Photos by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter

News

Auburn Food Bank officially opens new home

The move gives the food bank about five times as much space.