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King County encourages folks to recycle their old holiday lights

The county has compiled a list of retailers and organizations that will recycle old light strands.

Work on the new Auburn Food Bank began in mid-December. The present one, shown here, is maxed out for space and has no more room to grow to meet the needs of a growing community. Photo by Carol Greiling/Auburn Reporter

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Auburn Food Bank gets ready to grow in 2023

Amid the holiday struggle to feed 1,600 people every week in a tough economy, Debbie Christian and every…

An Axon body-worn police camera; not necessarily the cameras King County Sheriff’s Office will use. Photo courtesy Axon

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Rep. Schrier secures $2 million for King County Sheriff’s Office

The money will be split between expanding the office’s Crisis Response Team and deploying body cameras.

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Hearing rescheduled for Bridges development in Lea Hill area

Properties are part of Bridges development that Auburn might annex; wetlands to remain untouched

Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus

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Auburn needs to iron out details of mayor’s compensation

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

Oxycodone pill. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)

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State sues 3 major drug retailers for role in fueling opioid epidemic

AG Bob Ferguson alleges Albertsons, Kroger and Rite Aid of failing to prevent overuse of opioid prescriptions

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Auburn Food Bank Director Debbie Christian.

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Donations to Auburn Food Bank are down sharply

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

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Beer heist at Auburn Safeway leads to felony harassment charge

The Auburn Police Department reports that on Dec. 4, a Puyallup man tried to steal beer from the…

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

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Police hunt for latest driver to crash into Donut Star

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

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Department of Health warns of high rates of flu this season

In addition to the flu, other respiratory illnesses such as COVID and RSV are overloading hospitals.

Traffic moves slowly along I-5 through Everett on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / Sound Publishing)

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Holiday travel: Icy Sea-Tac airport tops ‘Misery Map’

The predicted third-busiest holiday travel season since 2000 faces a wintry mix of traffic jams and flight issues.

Chris Stearns

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Stearns resigns from Auburn City Council for Legislature seat

Chris Stearns was a member of the Auburn City Council when Monday’s meeting began, and when it ended,…

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For 7th straight year, Democrats aim for assault weapon ban

Democratic legislators will seek several gun control laws in the 2023 session, including one requiring a permit to…

Snow accumulated in some parts of the Puget Sound region. Here’s a scene from a Mercer Island home on Dec. 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of Greg Asimakoupoulos

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Snow and cold temps expected this week in Puget Sound region

The weather forecast calls for several inches of snow as well as a cold snap this week in…

Traffic moves along Highway 526 in front of Boeing’s Everett Production Facility on Nov. 28, 2022, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / Sound Publishing)

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Boeing knew of ‘elevated’ miscarriage rate in ’80s, but followup fizzled

Company doctors found it “difficult” to link chemicals to worker ailments at Auburn facility.

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Driver crashes into bakery | Fire blotter

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 312 911 calls between Dec. 5 and Dec. 11, among them…

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Memorial for homicide victim Hiram Figueroa at Brannan Park, 1019 28th St. NE, Auburn, as seen in this June 2020 file photo.

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Man accused of 2020 homicide in Auburn is released from prison

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