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Articles by Robert Whale
Police: Man fesses up to arson in restaurant fire
Police: Man fesses up to arson in restaurant...
By Robert Whale • January 28, 2010 2:59 pm

Overcome by guilt, Auburn police say, the man they believe set fire to Kouros Restaurant on Jan. 16, turned himself in two days afterward.

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Vandals have left their mark on flood barriers along the Green River
Vandals endangering flood walls along river
By Robert Whale • January 28, 2010 2:42 pm

People have knocked holes in it, walked on it in high heels, torched it, cut it,

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Utility rates to increase Feb. 1
Utility rates to increase Feb. 1
By Robert Whale • January 28, 2010 1:18 pm

Auburn residents should prepare to pay more on their utility bills starting Feb. 1.

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Brakeman Warren McGee stands in front of a steam locomotive
Exhibit takes extended ride on yesteryears’ rails
By Robert Whale • January 21, 2010 1:37 pm

Warren McGee, the second son of a railroad engineer, grew up in the railroad town of Livingston, Mont., chasing engines, visiting the roundhouse whenever he could, his young ears thrilling to train whistles.

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Joe Fain
Fain to run for for 47th District Senate...
By Robert Whale • January 21, 2010 1:31 pm

Joe Fain, a local community volunteer and Chief of Staff for King Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer, announced Monday that he is running for State Senate in the 47th District. Fain said his campaign would focus on growing jobs and small business, controlling government spending, and improving public education.

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Mayor Pete Lewis met with Sen. Patty Murray
Lewis brings wish list to D.C. conference
By Robert Whale • January 21, 2010 1:23 pm

As always, Mayor Pete Lewis had his wish list to take this week to Washington D.C. and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more.

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The Auburn Library expansion includes 5
Popular library to make way for expansion
By Robert Whale • January 21, 2010 1:21 pm

The Auburn Public library is so busy that even on ordinary days every seat, hard and soft, has somebody in it.

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City first to sign agreement with water alliance
City first to sign agreement with water alliance
By Robert Whale • January 21, 2010 1:16 pm

The Auburn City Council on Tuesday evening authorized Mayor Pete Lewis to sign an agreement with the Cascade Water Alliance to address the city’s various concerns with CWA’s intended use of Lake Tapps as a municipal water source.

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Auburn man charged with arson in Kouros restaurant fire
Auburn man charged with arson in Kouros restaurant...
By Robert Whale • January 20, 2010 8:26 pm

King County Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a 20-year-old Auburn man with second-degree burglary and second-degree arson in connection with a fire at The Kouros restaurant at 721 W. Main Street on Jan. 16.

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City approves transportation improvement plan
City approves transportation improvement plan
By Robert Whale • January 14, 2010 7:33 pm

Auburn City Council members recently approved the City’s Transportation Improvement Program, recognizing about $146 million worth of transportation improvements over…

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World War II veteran Paul V. Myers points to a picture of himself in front of a P-47 Thunderbolt.
Army remembers, honors Auburn WWII veteran
By Robert Whale • January 14, 2010 3:57 pm

In a black-and-white photograph taken on some forgotten field in France during the Second World War, a weary young man…

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Auburn man pleads not guilty to cockfighting
Auburn man pleads not guilty to cockfighting
By Robert Whale • January 14, 2010 3:50 pm

A 34-year-old Auburn man pleaded not guilty Jan. 13 at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center i Kent to charges…

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Plans call for the construction of a $2.8 million activities center-gymnasium
City plans to build center-gymnasium first
By Robert Whale • January 6, 2010 8:18 pm

Plans for the Les Gove Community Campus call for a 20,100-square-foot community center on the park’s south end plus a new activity center-gymnasium east of the Auburn Senior Activity Center to the north, at a total cost of $12.7 million.

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John Partridge is sworn in as the newest member of the Auburn City Council.
Partridge takes his seat on City Council
By Robert Whale • January 6, 2010 8:15 pm

Auburn’s newest council member recently received some helpful advice from a former city lawmaker, and he intends to take it to heart.

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City reorganizes, eliminates 22 more positions, 14 through layoffs
City reorganizes, eliminates 22 more positions, 14 through...
By Robert Whale • January 6, 2010 7:12 pm

Citing continuing budgetary shortfalls and efforts to streamline City processes, Mayor Pete Lewis on Dec. 30 announced fresh layoffs and the reorganization of the police department, Auburn’s planning and public works department and administrative changes.

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Largo Wales has devoted her considerable time and relentless energy to help children as executive program director of ACAP Child and Family Services. For her work
Person of the Year: Largo Wales opens her...
By Robert Whale • December 29, 2009 8:53 pm

ACAP Child and Family Services is the end of the line for a lot of kids, but Largo Wales says it never turns away a child, no matter their behavior or parent issues.

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Cash-strapped city braces for layoffs
Cash-strapped city braces for layoffs
By Robert Whale • December 29, 2009 8:19 pm

The City of Auburn this week began its second round of layoffs in 2009.

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Receptionist Amber Doscher is one of the first faces people see at the new Valley Womens Health Care clinic in the Auburn Professional Plaza building.
Valley Women’s Health Care becomes first tenant of...
By Robert Whale • December 25, 2009 8:00 am

Doctors and staff at Valley Women’s Health Care swear that Mother Goose actually had their offices at 201 N. Division St. in mind when she penned her little ditty about an old lady who lived in a shoe.

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County, city OK shuttle service
County, city OK shuttle service
By Robert Whale • December 22, 2009 8:29 pm

King County and the City of Auburn have signed an agreement to provide a community transit shuttle service in Auburn by September of 2011.

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Auburn City Councilmember Nancy Backus joins others in signing a farewell poster for outgoing City Councilmember Gene Cerino.
Send-off for Cerino: Councilmember praised for his longtime...
By Robert Whale • December 22, 2009 8:13 pm

Friends and colleagues gathered in the lobby of City Hall to say a goodbye of sorts to Gene Cerino before he sat for his last meeting as a member of the Auburn City Council on Monday evening.

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