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    Articles by Robert Whale
    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    It’s time to hold the Big Lie’s propagators...
    By Robert Whale • March 17, 2023 6:30 am

    I have been reading online comments arguing that the revelations occasioned by Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation suit against…

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    Auburn settles with contractor over construction delays
    By Robert Whale • March 17, 2023 5:30 am

    The City of Auburn has agreed to pay a construction contractor $304,261 to settle a claim the contractor filed against…

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    Former Green River College President Rich Rutkowski was a man of singular vision, friends say, as well as a renaissance man with broad knowledge of many fields, including fishing. (Photo courtesy of Tawnya McLavey/Green River College)
    Green River College celebrates legacy of Rich Rutkowski
    By Robert Whale • March 15, 2023 4:30 pm

    A renaissance man of seemingly infinite interests, a skilled photographer, a master of craps strategy, an avid fisherman, a friend,…

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    Auburn City Council approves money for affordable housing
    By Robert Whale • March 11, 2023 5:30 am

    On March 6, the Auburn City Council authorized allocation of $293,789.54 from the city’s contribution to the South King Housing…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Life lessons lurk behind every look in the...
    By Robert Whale • March 10, 2023 1:45 pm

    Life offers us no better mirror to the good and the bad in ourselves than marriage.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Victim energy is a siren song to which...
    By Robert Whale • March 3, 2023 1:30 am

    We find them everywhere we turn.

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    Deputies investigate second homicide at same Auburn property
    By Robert Whale • February 28, 2023 3:30 pm

    One man was killed in a shooting on Feb. 20 at a home near Auburn where another homicide took place…

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    Convicted murderer charged after Auburn pepper spray spree
    By Robert Whale • February 28, 2023 3:20 pm

    Auburn Police say a Seattle man pepper-sprayed the faces of at least three people at various South Auburn locales, then…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Public shaming of a dance floor klutz and...
    By Robert Whale • February 24, 2023 1:30 am

    We all have moments in our lives that pink us up with embarrassment.

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    Auburn police arrest suspect in alleged drive-by shooting
    By Robert Whale • February 23, 2023 2:15 pm

    Auburn Police say that a member of a violent criminal street gang fired multiple bullets from a stolen car around…

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    Auburn Police are looking for this man, whom they believe to be the driver of a car that nearly collided with a train in an attempt to escape from the scene the armed robbery of Coastal Farm and Supply. Photo courtesy of the Auburn Police Department
    Robbery suspects nearly collide with train while fleeing...
    By Robert Whale • February 21, 2023 4:48 pm

    Suspects making their getaway from the scene of an armed robbery in Auburn narrowly missed smashing into an oncoming train…

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    Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus. Courtesy photo
    Council committee to study Auburn mayor’s compensation and...
    By Robert Whale • February 20, 2023 7:30 am

    The Auburn City Council is forming a special committee whose sole purpose will be to study the issue of the…

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    Auburn Food Bank director Debbie Christian is all smiles as she holds a replica of the $50,000 check given to the Auburn Food Bank by the Auburn Fred Meyer store. It was the store’s entire bonus from the Washington State Lottery for selling the winning ticket in the recent Powerball jackpot. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter.
    Winning Powerball ticket leads to gift for Auburn...
    By Robert Whale • February 19, 2023 4:30 pm

    Debbie Christian was working in her office at the Auburn Food Bank at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, when the…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Family home’s noisy soundtrack still plays in my...
    By Robert Whale • February 17, 2023 1:30 am

    I grew up in a rather small house in the northeast Auburn of the 1960s and ‘70s.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    P.T. Barnum would be proud of today’s golden...
    By Robert Whale • February 10, 2023 1:30 am

    As you know by now, I make my living writing the news.

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    City accepts grants for six transportation improvement projects
    By Robert Whale • February 10, 2023 1:30 am

    The Washington State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration have awarded the city of Auburn $6.3 million in…

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    Photos by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter
Colie Brooks at work learning how to integrate wing flaps into her landing procedure on a simulator at the GRC Aviation Center.
    Careers take flight at Green River College’s aviation...
    By Robert Whale • February 4, 2023 5:30 am

    For much of the flight from the Renton Airport over South King County and back early Friday afternoon, Jan. 27,…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    For the love of wordplay and timeless family...
    By Robert Whale • February 4, 2023 1:30 am

    An American woman was meeting with old friends shortly after her return from an extended stay overseas, when one of…

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    Bed, Bath and Beyond has closed its Auburn outlet at the Outlet Colllection after 27 years. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter.
    Bed, Bath and Beyond closes its Auburn store...
    By Robert Whale • February 3, 2023 1:30 am

    Bed, Bath and Beyond has closed its store at the Outlet Collection Seattle in Auburn, apparently, for good.

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    Auburn Police Department vehicle. Courtesy photo
    Woman, 20, shot near Auburn church on Jan....
    By Robert Whale • February 3, 2023 1:30 am

    A 20-year-old woman who was shot near an Auburn church on Jan. 25 has been upgraded from critical to stable…

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    Auburn Police Department vehicle. Courtesy photo
    Suspect in attempted Auburn barista kidnapping pleads not...
    By Robert Whale • January 26, 2023 1:30 am

    The suspect the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office claims tried to kidnap a barista from a north Auburn coffee stand…

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    Robert Whale
    A better life comes from learning to distinguish...
    By Robert Whale • January 25, 2023 7:30 am

    One night in 2016, my wife, Ann, and I were cruising through the vegetable aisle of a local supermarket when…

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    Cheryl Rakes
    Council taps Cheryl Rakes, executive director of the...
    By Robert Whale • January 24, 2023 10:30 am

    The Auburn City Council on Monday evening selected Cheryl Rakes, executive director of the Downtown Auburn Cooperative, to replace former…

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