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    Articles by Robert Whale
    A new state law goes into effect on June 6, restoring the ability for police departments to set their own policy on police pursuits in their jurisdictions. File photo
    Auburn PD prepares for new pursuit policies
    By Robert Whale • April 26, 2024 7:30 am

    When Initiative 2113, a law approved this spring by Washington’s Legislature, goes into effect on June 6, it will once again allow the chief or police administrators to make the determinations in their own jurisdictions.

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    Empty Bowls fundraiser benefits Auburn Food Bank
    Empty Bowls fundraiser benefits Auburn Food Bank
    By Robert Whale • April 25, 2024 4:30 pm

    What has become a popular fundraising event for hunger-fighting organizations throughout the country makes its annual appearance in Auburn from…

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    The Auburn Valley Humane Society will welcome adoptable cats into The Cat Café at the Outlet Collection Mall to mingle with kitty fanciers by mid-May. Photo courtesy AVHS.
    Auburn Valley Humane Society’s Cat Café opens at...
    By Robert Whale • April 19, 2024 8:30 am

    Cozy up with a cuddly kitty cat.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of...
    By Robert Whale • April 18, 2024 8:00 am

    I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.

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    File photo showing a marijuana bust in King County. (File photo)
    City settles property dispute related to drug operation
    By Robert Whale • April 12, 2024 9:30 am

    According to city documents, the individuals agreed to forfeit to the city their rights, title and interest to the cash.

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    Assistant Jamie Stephens with some of the floral arrangements she has put together at White Willow Company in the Auburn Arcade. Photo by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter
    Business adds flower power to downtown Auburn
    By Robert Whale • April 12, 2024 8:30 am

    White Willow Company is at 222 E. Main St. #D in the Downtown Arcade north of Safeway.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Like sands through the hourglass, so are the...
    By Robert Whale • April 12, 2024 7:30 am

    It seems I got to be a geezer awful fast.

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    Auburn Station as seen from 1st Street Northwest. File photo
    Sound Transit parking garage project under way
    By Robert Whale • April 6, 2024 7:30 am

    The closed, fenced-off city parking lot northwest of the 1st Street Northwest and A Street Northwest intersection isn’t much to…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Snake oil salesmen thrive in the social media...
    By Robert Whale • April 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Like Teddy Daniels, a former candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant, who is prominently featured in a series of doomsday, deep-fake ads on Facebook and Youtube.

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    Don’t make your pet a scofflaw. Take advantage of pet licensing amnesty month. Image courtesy of Auburn Valley Humane Society.
    Good news for renewing your pet license in...
    By Robert Whale • April 3, 2024 3:30 pm

    Twice a year, the Auburn Valley Humane Society waives the penalty for pet owners.

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    Auburn Station’s existing parking garage. (File photo)
    Alternatives for Auburn parking garage
    By Robert Whale • March 30, 2024 7:30 am

    Sound Transit is displacing city employee parking from 1st Street NW and A Street NW where the new Sound Transit garage will be built.

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    Auburn Justice Center, 340 E. Main St. File photo
    Auburn seeks solutions for aging public facilities
    By Robert Whale • March 29, 2024 7:30 am

    In the years since 2021, when the council adopted the plan, the buildings have not gotten younger, and the problems the plan identified have not gone away.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Once upon a time, there was a local...
    By Robert Whale • March 29, 2024 1:30 am

    I could call up any large chain store in a city and talk to someone without being told to call corporate ownership on the other side of the country.

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    Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn on Aug. 27, 2021. File photo
    Council modifies rules for homeless camping visibility
    By Robert Whale • March 22, 2024 7:30 am

    Too often, the first indication Auburn’s homelessness outreach workers get that an unhoused person has died in a tent or…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    If you’re right, and you know it, then...
    By Robert Whale • March 22, 2024 1:30 am

    As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”

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    A ribbon cutting was held March 20 to celebrate the new home of the Auburn Food Bank, 2804 Auburn Way N. Photos by Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter
    Auburn Food Bank officially opens new home
    By Robert Whale • March 20, 2024 5:45 pm

    The move gives the food bank about five times as much space.

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    Auburn Station’s existing parking garage. (File photo)
    Sound Transit and city seek deal for parking...
    By Robert Whale • March 16, 2024 7:30 am

    City-owned easement stands in the way of construction.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    The wit and wisdom of Mrs. Whale carries...
    By Robert Whale • March 15, 2024 1:30 am

    I have not written much in this space about my mother.

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    Auburn Food Bank, 2804 Auburn Way N. (Photo courtesy of Debbie Christian)
    Auburn Food Bank prepares to open new location
    By Robert Whale • March 14, 2024 7:30 am

    Official ribbon cutting set for March 20.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Foreign languages often find a better way to...
    By Robert Whale • March 8, 2024 1:30 pm

    “Learn a new language and get a new soul.”

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