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Articles by Robert Whale
Auburn City Hall. Courtesy photo
City seeks to condemn properties to widen road
By Robert Whale • February 10, 2024 7:30 am

Auburn hopes to widen Auburn Way South from Hemlock Street to Poplar Street Southeast.

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Photo courtesy of King County
Don Castro, for whom Don’s Place is named.
Emergency housing facility opens in north Auburn
By Robert Whale • February 9, 2024 6:30 am

Don’s Place serves people experiencing homelessness, with a focus on veterans and seniors.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
Once upon a time, flexibility was seen as...
By Robert Whale • February 9, 2024 1:30 am

I have always considered it a strength, not a weakness, to consult with people with whom we vehemently disagree.

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Courtesy Sarah Blum
Former operating room nurse Sarah Blum at the 12th Evacuation Hospital in Cu Chi Vietnam, 1967.
Former Vietnam War nurse’s new book to be...
By Robert Whale • February 2, 2024 5:30 pm

Auburn author talks about her experiences and recovery.

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The Muckleshoot Casino Resort offers some stellar views, as shown here by Robert Dearstine, Executive Director of Resort Operations. Photo by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter
Muckleshoot Tribe’s new luxury hotel tower celebrates grand...
By Robert Whale • February 2, 2024 7:00 am

It may be hard to believe looking up and around today, but the Muckleshoot Casino started out in a tent…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
When it comes to grievances, the joke is...
By Robert Whale • February 2, 2024 6:30 am

I can’t shake the conviction that a sense of perpetual aggrievement is one of the key components of the engine driving our national estrangement.

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Graphic courtesy City of Auburn
C Street Corridor improvement project.
Upcoming street repair and construction projects in Auburn
By Robert Whale • January 26, 2024 7:30 am

This will be a busy year for street repair and construction in Auburn.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
The real devil in American society is willful...
By Robert Whale • January 26, 2024 6:30 am

I was curious. I had to know what was true. So I set out to educate myself.

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Courtesy of Muckleshoot Casino Resort
The Muckleshoot Casino Resort is located at 2402 Auburn Way S.
Muckleshoot Casino Resort hosts grand opening celebrations
By Robert Whale • January 25, 2024 7:30 am

The tribe invites the general public to attend the grand opening celebration of the Muckleshoot Casino Resort starting Friday, Jan. 26, and continuing through the weekend.

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Auburn City Hall. Courtesy photo
City accepts funding for Lea Hill Safe Routes...
By Robert Whale • January 19, 2024 7:30 am

On Jan. 2, the Auburn City Council accepted $782,477 in grant funding from the Washington State Department of Transportation to…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Grappling with the finality of an oncologist’s statement...
By Robert Whale • January 19, 2024 7:00 am

Perhaps my brain injected a bit of humor to cover the shock. But I felt the gut punch.

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Mateo Acuña is the new Auburn Poet Laureate. (Photo courtesy City of Auburn)
Auburn native Mateo Acuña named city’s Poet Laureate
By Robert Whale • January 18, 2024 8:30 am

His debut poetry collection highlights the intersectionality of gender, race, and environmental and social justice issues.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Musical memories that hit all the right notes...
By Robert Whale • January 13, 2024 1:30 am

Here are other songs I’ve heard over the years that have had this effect on me.

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Auburn High School. File photo
Auburn voters to decide on school district operations...
By Robert Whale • January 12, 2024 8:30 am

The district will use the money to fund educational programs that the state does not fund fully or at all, including all athletics and activities.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Time to trim the linguistic flab from our...
By Robert Whale • January 5, 2024 8:30 am

I have been thinking about phrases that we use without considering what they actually imply down deep, or whether they are necessary at all.

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Auburn City Hall. Courtesy photo
Meet the Auburn City Council’s three new members
By Robert Whale • January 5, 2024 7:30 am

All were sworn in just before the Jan. 2 council meeting, so here’s a bit about each one of them.

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Courtesy image
Here is the location of Auburn’s second parking garage.
City, Sound Transit work out parking garage’s details
By Robert Whale • January 4, 2024 10:45 am

The City of Auburn and the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority are at work nailing down the final details…

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
A plea for sanity and ‘better angels’ in...
By Robert Whale • December 29, 2023 8:30 am

Like many of you, I have a wish list for the coming year.

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Debbie Christian and Leticia Brito of the Auburn Food Bank.
Auburn Reporter’s Person of the Year is anonymous
By Robert Whale • December 27, 2023 3:08 pm

Local businessman donates $800,000 to save Auburn Food Bank.

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The Auburn Avenue Theater sits vacant and boarded up on Jan. 3, 2022, after being condemned due to safety concerns stemming from the demolition of the Max House Apartments complex next door.
Wave goodbye to the Auburn Avenue Theater in...
By Robert Whale • December 22, 2023 8:30 am

Demolition will pave the way for a new downtown theater complex.

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