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Things that got permanently stuck in my psyche | Whale’s Tales

I’ve never understood the mechanism by which things we do our damnedest to remember slip through our brains…

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Kent School District bus hits woman

A woman was crossing Auburn Way North just North of 45th Street at 7:55 a.m. Thursday morning when…

Auburn Police say they seized 82,400 Fentanyl pills, 1.8 lbs heroin, 3.8 pounds of methamphetamine, $173,138 in US currency and two firearms from a Kent apartment on the afternoon of April 20 and arrested its 32-year-old tenant. Auburn Police photo

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Auburn Police jail a Kent man after major drug bust

On the witness of the 82,400 Fentanyl pills, 1.8 lbs heroin, 3.8 lbs methamphetamine $173,138 US currency and…

Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter
City officials and care providers laud U.S. Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-District 8) for securing $500,000 in federal funds for the build-out of the Auburn Community Resource Center at a press conference April 14.

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Auburn Community Resource Center gets much-needed boost

Congresswoman Schrier secures $500,000 for build-out of facility.

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Prosecutor claims Auburn man used false emergency call to lure officers from scene of intended burglary

First, a falsely reported shooting would lure Auburn police away from the Valley Towing yard where police were…

Nagendiram Kandasamy. Photo courtesy of the Edmonds Police Department

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Auburn woman arrested in connection with fatal shooting in Edmonds

Edmonds Police have arrested an Auburn woman and an Enumclaw man in connection with the fatal shooting of…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Could we pull together like the Ukrainians are doing? | Whale’s Tales

The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there.

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Life

Petpalooza in Auburn planned for May 21

Now that the COVID-19 vaccine and mask and physical distancing mandates are no longer in place, staff of…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Through a kid’s eyes: Wonders of Eastern Washington | Whale’s Tales

Ever since the day I discovered that Aplets and Cotlets, Cashmere-based Liberty Orchard’s name for Turkish Delight, the…

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School zone cameras will protect Auburn students, superintendent says

In Auburn’s school zones over the last decade, almost 100 close calls and minor accidents with pedestrians had…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

When the Ku Klux Klan came to Auburn | Whale’s Tales

My good friend, Mike Engen, told me that on one occasion when he was working for Rottles in…

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Man accused of threatening to kill Walgreens employee

According to Auburn Police, staff of the Walgreens at 1701 Auburn Way South had asked Arnez T. Cater…

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Prosecutor files multiple charges against Auburn man for high-speed crash in Kent

Witnesses say car reached over 100 mph before smashing into another vehicle

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Program helps Auburn students involved in domestic violence

School district, police department and Kiwanis Club partner in the name of safety for kids.

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

When the lights came on in Auburn | Whale

October of 1929 would prove to be important in the lives of Auburn residents, though it would take…

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Homicide at Veterans Memorial Park is still under investigation

More than a month after what police say they believe to have been a murder at Veterans Memorial…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Resurrecting old Auburn memories from a simpler time | Whale

I’ve got a confession to make. I am obsessed with time. Can’t stop thinking about it.

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Prosecutor charges Auburn man in drive-by shooting

King County Sheriff’s Office investigators suspected at first that the guy they believed was responsible for the drive-by…

Auburn has embraced Sea Axe, the first ever axe-throwing range ever to settle in the city, as this band of customers demonstrates. Photo courtesy of Duke Managhan

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Business partners hit the bullseye with Auburn’s first axe-throwing range

At first, Duke Managhan and his close friend and business partner, Vance Olsen, fretted that their axe-throwing range…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

Opinion

Music at the intersection of past and present | Whale

It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have…