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Articles by Robert Whale
Election update: Lewis wins third term as mayor; Partridge prevails
Election update: Lewis wins third term as mayor;...
By Robert Whale • November 11, 2009 8:52 pm

It’s all but official — Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis has won a third term, John Partridge will beat incumbent City…

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City weighs funding options for proposed community center
City weighs funding options for proposed community center
By Robert Whale • November 4, 2009 6:48 pm

City plans for the Auburn Community Center on the south end of the Les Gove Park community campus call for…

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Crews were busy positioning giant sandbags along the Green River to reinforce certain levees.
Levee work continues along the Green River
By Robert Whale • November 4, 2009 6:43 pm

To protect life and property against potential flooding of the Green River this fall and winter, the City of Auburn…

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Mayor Pete Lewis
Lewis seeks 3-Pete: Mayor holds early lead
By Robert Whale • November 3, 2009 11:34 pm

Two-time incumbent Pete Lewis maintained a commanding lead Thursday over City Councilmember Virginia Haugen in his bid to win reelection…

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Brent Kunz
Auburn provides laboratory for WSU students’ research project
By Robert Whale • October 30, 2009 12:06 am

Ordinary asphalt and concrete mixes don’t allow water to penetrate, so it flows to the road side and passes into…

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National Marine Fisheries Service at odds with Auburn’s flood preparations
National Marine Fisheries Service at odds with Auburn’s...
By Robert Whale • October 29, 2009 11:41 pm

If flood protection measures about to get under way on the dikes and levees along the Green River don’t jibe…

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It’s time to decide: Key issues on Nov. 3 ballot
It’s time to decide: Key issues on Nov....
By Robert Whale • October 28, 2009 9:48 pm

Amid the whirl of state and county issues on Tuesday’s ballot, residents of Auburn and the Auburn School District have…

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Workers from the Auburn Food Bank pack sandbags at Les Gove Park. The food bank
Flood-wary residents roll up sleeves, fill sandbags
By Robert Whale • October 21, 2009 9:18 pm

Scooping sand and shoveling it into bags is tough, sweaty work, and even the young can’t escape twinges in the…

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City shows compassion for those in need
City shows compassion for those in need
By Robert Whale • October 21, 2009 8:58 pm

Unemployed since last October and unable to find work, “Mary” takes medication to calm her nerves. Day after day, the…

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Vital levy on the ballot for schools
Vital levy on the ballot for schools
By Robert Whale • October 21, 2009 7:41 pm

Piping and heating systems in Auburn High School’s 300 and 400 halls are old, don’t work, and have to be…

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Challenger Virginia Haugen fields a question as Mayor Pete Lewis waits to reply during last week’s debate.
Haugen, Lewis express differences at debate
By Robert Whale • October 16, 2009 4:08 pm

Mayor Pete Lewis believes the City should continue its involvement with economic development, City Councilmember Virginia Haugen does not. Haugen…

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Erika Widija
ACAP gets some love on Day of Caring
By Robert Whale • October 14, 2009 9:29 pm

Brushes and tools in hand, more than 60 FedEx employees swarmed ACAP Child and Family Services wing at White River…

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Eric Robertson
VRFA breaks ground on South Auburn Fire Station...
By Robert Whale • October 14, 2009 9:25 pm

The Valley Regional Fire Authority Board of Governance broke ground last week on a $3.2 million remodel of the South…

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Rivals meet again in race for school board seat
Rivals meet again in race for school board...
By Robert Whale • October 14, 2009 9:11 pm

Two years ago, Lisa Connors and Clarissa Ruston were rivals in the bid to finish the unexpired term of longtime…

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Forum: Lewis extols city progress; Haugen a no-show
Forum: Lewis extols city progress; Haugen a no-show
By Robert Whale • October 14, 2009 8:56 pm

The Auburn Noon Lions held a forum for the two candidates for Auburn mayor on Tuesday. Each was to have…

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Julia Patterson
Residents hope for the best as valley prepares...
By Robert Whale • October 7, 2009 9:08 pm

As the rainy season comes on, the message has turned from drops into a steady patter – have an emergency plan, make an emergency kit, buy flood insurance – and do it now.

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Chris Clyfford lambasts a Kirkland-based developer’s proposal to link their proposed real estate development in Black Diamond to Green Valley Road via a connector road east of Flaming Geyser State Park.
Residents fret possible connector from development to Green...
By Robert Whale • October 7, 2009 9:07 pm

The subject at the meeting in Black Diamond City Hall Sept. 29 was the draft environmental impact statement on two YarrowBay Group developments known as Lawson Hills and The Villages.

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Ages apart, Council candidates offer different approaches
Ages apart, Council candidates offer different approaches
By Robert Whale • October 7, 2009 9:00 pm

The 800-pound gorilla in the room in the contest for Auburn City Council Position 2 is likely to be the…

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Crews tore down the former Mel's Lumber and True Value Hardware Store at 120 First St.
Mel’s comes down
By Robert Whale • October 7, 2009 6:19 pm

Crews demolished the former Mel’s Lumber and True Value Hardware Store at 120 First St. The building had served the…

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Dao Lee
Markets caps promising inaugural season at plaza
By Robert Whale • October 1, 2009 2:17 pm

After one last hurrah on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon, vendors at the Auburn International Farmers Market crated the veggies, iced the seafood, packed up the pasta, folded their stands and left the Auburn Transit Plaza for the season.

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