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The April 17 edition of the old Auburn Globe advances the opening of Dahlgren-Massey Fine Foods two days later. Photo from the White River Valley Museum collection

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Justice Center: Old Auburn building with a storied past | Robert Whale

Perhaps I’m weird, but I have always enjoyed looking at Auburn’s older buildings and imagining what they were…

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

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Looking back on indelible holidays | Robert Whale

If you’re lucky, you have a lot of them to look back on from kidhood.

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Life

Metals from the Mojave photo exhibit draws deep truths from what pioneers left behind

Rusted cans, discarded bolts, spiraling culverts and other rusted metals scattered across a desert may seem to some…

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WSP arrests Auburn woman, 25, for vehicular homicide DUI

The Washington State Patrol reported an Auburn woman was driving under the influence when she hit another vehicle…

Recent Auburn senior center hiking group trip. Courtesy photo

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Services at Auburn senior center slowly return to pre-pandemic levels

Senior centers throughout King County reopened this fall, and the services offered before the pandemic hit in March…

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

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Let’s mark the former White River channel through Auburn | Robert Whale

The White River channel that once flowed through Auburn dried up more than 100 years ago, but it…

Former operating room nurse Sarah Blum at the 12th Evacuation Hospital in Cu Chi Vietnam, 1967. Courtesy Sarah Blum

Life

Former nurse recounts her experiences in Vietnam — and after

Auburn resident copes with wartime service PTSD through writing.

Flames burst out of the roof of Max House Apartments on July 24, 2021. Photo courtesy of the Valley Regional Fire Authority

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Demolition coming next for former Max House Apartments in Auburn

Built in 1927, the 94-year-old, two story, brick Max House Apartments at 101 East Main Street in downtown…

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

Opinion

Remembering the old Lyden Market on Auburn Way North | Robert Whale

Sometimes along some stretch of road or highway, but more commonly in small towns or in the rural…

Auburn High School. Photo by Henry Stewart-Wood/Sound Publishing

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Auburn School District is trying to solve substitute teacher shortage

When Daman Hunter, assistant superintendent of human resources for the Auburn School District, arrives to work every morning…

King County Maleng Regional Justice Center. File photo

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Auburn man pleads not guilty in shooting death

Jeremiah WhiteEagle was shot three times in the chest on Oct. 25.

Lions Club members Allen Geiszler, Gloria Taylor, Kathy Johnson, Chris Harrington and Dan Harrington pack bags for the Auburn Food Bank’s Food to Go program. Courtesy photo, Debbie Christian.

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Auburn Food Bank needs help to keep local backpacks full

One day a week for years, members of the Auburn Lions Club have been coming into the Auburn…

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

Opinion

How the Auburn School District got the land for an elementary school | Whale’s Tales

North Auburn elementary school, late October 1967.

Flames burst out of the roof of Max House Apartments on July 24, 2021. Photo courtesy of the Valley Regional Fire Authority

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Downtown Auburn apartment site will go up for sale

Fire destroyed Max House Apartments.

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Prosecutor charges Auburn man, 27, with second-degree murder

The King County Prosecutor’s Office on Oct. 28 charged an Auburn man with second-degree murder for the shooting…

Fire inflicted heavy damage to the second floor and roof of the 2-story apartment-and ground-floor retail building at 115 East Main Street beginning late on the night of Friday, July 23, and continuing into early Saturday morning. The Valley Regional Fire Authority reports that all residents got out safely. Photo courtesy Auburn Police Department.

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Fire sweeps downtown Auburn apartment building, all residents out safely

Firefighters had to rescue two residents from the roof of an apartment building in downtown Auburn that burned…

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

Opinion

Consorting with people from Auburn’s past

Introducing a new column with an eye on local history.

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Traffic alerts now and upcoming in King County

As of 8:14 a.m. July 13, an earlier ramp blocking incident on SR 520 Westbound at 108th Avenue…

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Road buckling on I-90 | King County traffic update

As of Monday evening June 28 and continuing into Tuesday morning and afternoon, June 29, the Washington State…

Tree in the roadway June 28 blocks the right lane on westbound SR 18 just east of Tiger Mountain Rd. Photo courtesy of WSDOT

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Fallen tree on SR 18 | King County traffic update

As of Monday morning, June 28, Washington State Department of Transportation reported the following road obstructions: