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Without injection of funding next year, Metro says, it’s bye bye to Lakeland Shuttle service

A funding shortfall, Metro officials conclude, would force the agency to slash service 17 percent by the fall…

New in charge: Giovanni Di Quattro and his wife

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New ownership takes over the Rainbow

Linda Douglas, who owned the restaurant for nearly three years, on Nov. 2 sold the business to Giovanni…

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Partridge to watch vote count until winner is official | Auburn election ’13

As of Monday afternoon, City Councilmember and Deputy Mayor Backus led her fellow Councilmember John Partridge by 130…

Mayoral candidate Nancy Backus

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Mayoral race tightens; 22 votes separate Wagner and Binetti for City Council seat | Election ’13

Nancy Backus, seeking to become Auburn's first female mayor, has received 4,480 votes so far in the combined…

Pete Lewis

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Auburn loses $78,000 violent crime subsidy; City Hall giddy about it

Figures extracted from the Washington Association of Sheriff's Report show Auburn's crime rate has dipped below that of…

Auburn mayoral candidate Nancy Backus

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Backus holds early lead over Partridge in battle for Auburn mayor

Auburn's mayoral race remains too close to call from early returns in Tuesday night's general election.

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Auburn Animal Control busy, as number show

City leaders got a look this week at what Auburn Animal Control has been up to ever since…

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Latest red-light photo-enforcement numbers still show a reduction

Violations at red-light, photo-enforced intersections and school zones have dropped significantly over the third quarters of the last…

Finally Found Books: Co-owners Jill Sena and Todd Hulbert have found a new home for their large bookstore in Auburn. The bookstore has one of the largest collections of books in the area.

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Finally Found Books finds a new home in Auburn

Owner says the store's former site in Black Diamond, just down the street from the famed Black Diamond…

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Auburn mayoral candidates ready for decision day

General election mail-in ballots are due Tuesday. The winner succeeds Pete Lewis who decided years ago not to…

Amy Dais

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Dais opens first Native American owned business on Auburn’s Main Street

Tribeca Professional Salon is a 1700-square foot, full facility for spa work with four treatment rooms. In the…

Greg Fleser

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With the push of a button, the Outlet Collection | Seattle era begins

Hundreds of the faithful milled in front a speaking stand inside the main mall entrance last Thursday morning,…

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Auburn man says moratorium would negate narrow application window for pot-related businesses

City officials hear what residents have to say about the one-year moratorium on applications for weed-related businesses

Mayor Pete Lewis honors Matthew Alexander

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City recognizes a boy and his grandma for taking care of trash

On Monday night Matthew Alexander and his grandma, Becki Myers Hill, received the thanks of a grateful City.

John McKenna Jr.

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Officials break ground on downtown Auburn project

It came at last, the day some hard-boiled skeptics sniffed never would — the official groundbreaking for Landmark…

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City ready to work with new monument rules

Auburn's leaders recently adopted new rules tooled to strengthen the City's hand dealing with requests to place large…

In the spotlight: Auburn mayoral candidate Nancy Backus replies to a question while her opponent

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Mayoral and council hopefuls explain their positions at debate

The mayoral and council debate – a two-hour question-and-answer session sponsored by the Auburn Reporter and the Auburn…

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Two developers first to qualify for 10-year-old property tax exemption

On Monday the Auburn City Council lowered the minimum investment per unit to $130,000, allowing two developers to…

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City of Auburn finalizes sale of downtown parcels to Teutsch Partners, LLC

City officials estimate the sale price of the two blocks is $1.75 million.

King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg addresses the crowd during a regional law enforcement domestic violence awareness rally on the front steps of the Norm Maleng Regional Justice last Friday.

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A call to end domestic violence: Agencies, leaders show support at Kent rally

Every year, 11,000 victims of domestic violence in King County turn to the legal system for help, according…