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Articles by Robert Whale
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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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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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
In search of the weirdest names on the...
By Robert Whale • December 22, 2023 7:30 am

I have always been fascinated by the titles we Americans have bestowed on our towns and cities over time.

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Auburn’s tax revenues end up higher than expected
By Robert Whale • December 15, 2023 7:30 am

Many of the city’s year-to-date tax projections are higher than anticipated.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
The manipulation behind the term ‘carbon footprint’ |...
By Robert Whale • December 15, 2023 7:30 am

“Carbon footprint” was the crowning achievement of an advertising campaign.

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Postmark Center for the Arts is located at 20 Auburn Avenue in downtown Auburn. Photo courtesy of City of Auburn
County honors Auburn’s Postmark Center for the Arts
By Robert Whale • December 14, 2023 8:30 am

John D. Spellman Awards recognize achievements in historic preservation.

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An overview of the Bridges neighborhood on the southeast end of Kent. COURTESY PHOTO
Auburn to annex Bridges neighborhood from Kent
By Robert Whale • December 8, 2023 11:30 am

On Dec. 4, the Auburn City Council voted unanimously to annex the Bridges community from Kent.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
Ode to the best Auburn teacher I never...
By Robert Whale • December 8, 2023 1:30 am

“Mister Whale!” the voice said in an elevated register.

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Santa House under construction in 2022 at the house of Billy Jack and Kristi Newman. (File photo)
State regulations shutter Auburn’s Santa House
By Robert Whale • December 6, 2023 11:09 am

“We had no idea when we went into it that they were going to change all the rules for tiny houses.”

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
What we can learn from sick egos and...
By Robert Whale • December 1, 2023 11:30 am

What I couldn’t get across to him — I tried — is that you can be the best on the planet at what you do, but if you can’t get along with other human beings, you won’t get anywhere.

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The area within the dotted line is a Kent neighborhood known as The Bridges, completely surrounded by Auburn. (COURTESY IMAGE)
Auburn council slated to vote on Bridges annexation
By Robert Whale • November 30, 2023 7:00 am

This would set the clock ticking down to 12:01 a.m., Jan. 1, 2024, when the annexation of the neighborhood from Kent to Auburn becomes official.

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Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
It’s about time to embrace your inner nerd...
By Robert Whale • November 24, 2023 1:30 am

I was 22 years old, and in my second year at the University of Washington that fateful day, one of my Classics professors, without knowing it, helped put a name to my dreaded affliction.

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Auburn Food Bank. (File photo)
Anonymous benefactor donates $800,000 to fully fund food...
By Robert Whale • November 20, 2023 1:30 am

“I have a Christmas miracle at Thanksgiving.”

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