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    Articles by Robert Whale
    Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus
    Auburn needs to iron out details of mayor’s...
    By Robert Whale • December 27, 2022 4:20 pm

    The idea seems simple enough — to take all the the provisions that relate to the Auburn mayor’s salary and…

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Auburn Food Bank Director Debbie Christian.
    Donations to Auburn Food Bank are down sharply
    By Robert Whale • December 24, 2022 5:30 am

    Auburn Food Bank Director Debbie Christian and her coterie of volunteers are doing their best to feed 1,600 people every…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Remembering the joys of Christmas with the family...
    By Robert Whale • December 23, 2022 3:00 pm

    I remember fondly the build-up to Christmas in the Whale home of my childhood.

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    Auburn Police are still looking for the driver of the vehicle that plowed into Donut Star on Dec. 6, the latest of many to do so in the building’s history. Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter
    Police hunt for latest driver to crash into...
    By Robert Whale • December 22, 2022 5:30 am

    Auburn Police are still looking for the latest in a conga line of drivers to try to plow a hole…

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    Chris Stearns
    Stearns resigns from Auburn City Council for Legislature...
    By Robert Whale • December 20, 2022 2:08 pm

    Chris Stearns was a member of the Auburn City Council when Monday’s meeting began, and when it ended, he wasn’t.

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    GRC student Kiley Hanson's animation project for Professor Jessie Brugger's Introduction to Animation class spins a tale about a mermaid jonesing for a pendant and the various scenarios she concocts in her mind to steal it, before she finally decides on the right and proper thing to do. Image courtesy of Kylie Hanson and Jessie Brugger.
    Student animators capture creative magic
    By Robert Whale • December 17, 2022 11:30 am

    Course teaches them to distill the multi-worlds of their minds into animation.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Join me in the wacky world of curious...
    By Robert Whale • December 17, 2022 5:30 am

    Sometimes when a bit of free time opens up, I like to go to the White River Valley Museum to…

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    Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter
Memorial for homicide victim Hiram Figueroa at Brannan Park, 1019 28th St. NE, Auburn, as seen in this June 2020 file photo.
    Man accused of 2020 homicide in Auburn is...
    By Robert Whale • December 16, 2022 5:30 am

    An Auburn man who had spent two years behind bars for killing a man at Brennan Park in June 2020…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Looking at common civility through the rearview mirror...
    By Robert Whale • December 10, 2022 5:30 am

    What madness overtakes otherwise decent people when they get behind the wheel of a car?

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    Photo by Robert Whale, Auburn Reporter
Santa Claus (Shawn Rakes) may be houseless this Christmas season, owing to state regulations, but parents can still take their kiddoes to the Downtown Auburn Cooperative for a sit and a photo at 262 E. Main St., Auburn. Next to the Jolly Old Elf here is Mrs. Claus, also known as Cheryl Rakes, director of the DAC.
    Santa Claus is still coming to town despite...
    By Robert Whale • December 7, 2022 10:30 am

    Downtown Auburn Cooperative will host Santa this season.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Once upon a time when snow always meant...
    By Robert Whale • December 2, 2022 1:30 pm

    Snowfall meant many things to our parents: shovel the walkway, put the chains on. To them, concern for the thousand…

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    Photo courtesy of Ricky Taff
Ricky Taff has been lighting up his Auburn neighborhood with his Christmas light displays for years, but this year he’s adding to the mix thousands of additional lights, music, and a food drive in conjunction with the Auburn Food Bank.
    Auburn man’s display lights up the Christmas season
    By Robert Whale • December 2, 2022 1:30 pm

    If you find yourself in Ricky Taff’s neighborhood this Christmas season, be sure to look him up.

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    Winter weather: Auburn prepares to deal with La...
    By Robert Whale • November 30, 2022 3:02 pm

    Look for wetter than normal conditions until the end of 2022.

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    Auburn Police Department vehicle. Courtesy photo
    Prosecutor charges Auburn man, 41, with felony harassment
    By Robert Whale • November 29, 2022 1:30 am

    An Auburn man who’d barriccaded himself in his apartment after allegedly threatening his cross-hall neighbors with a knife finally yielded…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Vital political lesson meets one of dad’s favorite...
    By Robert Whale • November 25, 2022 1:30 am

    As we all know by now, the recent midterm elections did not go as the polls, pundits and prognosticators had…

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    Iron Workers Local Union #86 with the topping out beam Nov. 15 at Terminal Park Elementary School in Auburn. Courtesy photo
    New Terminal Park Elementary School will open next...
    By Robert Whale • November 23, 2022 12:00 pm

    Local 86 Iron Workers, Auburn School District staff, school board members and others celebrated the milestone of the topping-off ceremony…

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    Auburn man charged with voyeurism in casino bathroom...
    By Robert Whale • November 21, 2022 10:44 am

    Auburn Police say a 38-year-old Auburn man poked his head under the stalls of women’s bathrooms at the Muckleshoot Casino…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Thanksgiving and the Whale kitchen’s eternal warmth |...
    By Robert Whale • November 20, 2022 5:30 am

    Looking today at the North Auburn home in which I grew up fills me with wonder.

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    In Seattle artist Mira Hoke's mural, the old Auburn Depot lives again on the west side of the Agrishop. Photo courtesy of Downtown Auburn Cooperative.
    The old depot lives again in Auburn mural
    By Robert Whale • November 16, 2022 11:00 am

    In Seattle-area artist Mira Hoke’s grand mural on the west side of the Agrishop, an old time locomotive is sidled…

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    Lewis Lake as seen from the Lewis Lake Nature Trail in Auburn, on June 24, 2021. Lewis Lake is the most recent addition to Auburn parks. File photo
    Auburn to dedicate park named for former mayor
    By Robert Whale • November 12, 2022 5:30 am

    The latest addition to Auburn’s parks system is a gem, enfolding 7 acres of forest, a 2-acre lake lassoed by…

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