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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    What it means to be in touch with...
    By Robert Whale • May 19, 2023 1:30 am

    The longtime political writer and nationally syndicated columnist Charles McDowell once described a politician who, “had his ear so close…

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    Auburn City Hall. FILE PHOTO
    Council ready to change Auburn mayor’s compensation and...
    By Robert Whale • May 18, 2023 1:30 pm

    The Auburn City Council appears ready to move on a series of changes to city code that will address concerns…

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    Lucy Storm wows the crowd with her athletic prowess at last year’s Petpalooza festival at Game Farm Park. The festival returns to the park this Saturday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Photo courtesy of Auburn Arts, Parks and Recreation.
    Petpalooza returns to Game Farm Park
    By Robert Whale • May 18, 2023 9:30 am

    On one special day of the year, the tailed and taloned, the spotted and brindled, the hoofed and honking stage…

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    File photo
    SUV collides with Auburn School District bus
    By Robert Whale • May 16, 2023 3:43 pm

    A sport utility vehicle collided with an Auburn School District bus late on Friday morning, May 12.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Somewhere along the line, compromise became a dirty...
    By Robert Whale • May 12, 2023 1:30 am

    It’s out there.

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    Carly Willis, owner of Antique Marketplace on Howard Road, has left the plywood up on her burglary-shattered window because she said it’s not worth fixing, given the numerous break-ins her business has suffered recently. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter.
    Merchants and residents give Auburn leaders an earful...
    By Robert Whale • May 11, 2023 6:30 am

    Fed-up business owners and city residents brought their complaints to the Auburn City Council.

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    Cody Esp in front of the mural she is painting on the building at East Main and 2 Auburn Way North. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter.
    Artist turns ordinary bits of Auburn into eye-catchers
    By Robert Whale • May 5, 2023 5:30 am

    Cody Esp is one of many artists the who have brightened up downtown in recent years.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The right books are bound to make a...
    By Robert Whale • May 5, 2023 1:30 am

    Many of us have read books that changed the way we look at the world.

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    Meth recovered by the King County Sheriff’s Office. Courtesy photo
    Auburn responds to Legislature’s inaction on drug laws
    By Robert Whale • May 3, 2023 5:30 am

    At the May 1 council meeting, Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus explained what the state Legislature’s failure to agree on legislation…

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    Photo courtesy of Natasha Daily
Students on a trip to an aquarium funded by the Auburn Public Schools Foundation.
    Auburn Public Schools Foundation goes where taxpayer dollars...
    By Robert Whale • April 28, 2023 1:30 am

    It’s a known fact: students with empty bellies, tattered shoes, ragged clothes and other unmet basic needs don’t learn as…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The danger behind saying ‘We’ve always done it...
    By Robert Whale • April 28, 2023 1:30 am

    Neurologists tell us that human beings lay down fresh connections in their brains when they learn new things.

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    Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus. File photo
    State of the City: Auburn mayor covers homelessness,...
    By Robert Whale • April 26, 2023 3:00 pm

    As the city of Auburn continues to emerge from the shadow of COVID-19, Mayor Nancy Backus told people at her…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The ‘elite’ can learn a thing or two...
    By Robert Whale • April 21, 2023 1:30 am

    I have been thinking lately about the word “elite.”

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    Photo by ROBERT WHALE, Auburn Reporter
Sarah Blum on a recent day on the Soos Creek Trail in Kent.
    A gentle reminder about general trail etiquette
    By Robert Whale • April 21, 2023 1:30 am

    Club has tips for fast-moving cyclists on local paths.

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    Photo courtesy of Auburn Valley Humane Society
    Auburn Valley Humane Society fees will increase
    By Robert Whale • April 20, 2023 2:20 pm

    The last time the Auburn Valley Humane Society adjusted its fee schedule was in 2021.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Here’s what communist and totalitarian trials really look...
    By Robert Whale • April 14, 2023 1:30 am

    In the 1968 film “Oliver!,” the murderous Bill Sykes’ doomed lover, Nancy, leads pub revelers in a round of “Oom…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Honesty should not be sacrificed for partisan games...
    By Robert Whale • April 7, 2023 12:30 pm

    While none of the responses I received to the Dec. 17 column about Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox…

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    Amy Skogen, owner of Amy’s Cookies, is the new owner of PNW Coffee on the northeast corner of the Sound Transit parking garage. Photo courtesy of Rachelle Lynn
    New owner of PNW Coffee brings her cookies...
    By Robert Whale • April 5, 2023 5:30 am

    Man or woman can’t live by bread alone — gotta be home-baked cookies and a beverage, too.

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    Sound Transit has provided this map to show the site of Auburn’s second Sound Transit Parking Garage. Courtesy Sound Transit
    Construction on Sound Transit parking garage expected to...
    By Robert Whale • April 4, 2023 4:30 pm

    Auburn’s second Sound Transit parking garage has been decades in the planning stages.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Early memories stay afloat in my stream of...
    By Robert Whale • March 31, 2023 1:30 am

    If we recall anything of our first years of life, it likely comes to our consciousness only in isolated, bright…

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