Site Logo
T

News

Auburn Avenue Theater performances change venues

The theater is still closed due to concerns about the building’s structural integrity.

News

King County District Court provides services to Algona and Pacific

Auburn also contracts with the county to provide municipal court services.

State Superintendent Chris Reykdal (Courtesy of OSPI)

News

State Superintendent recommends change of mask mandate policies in schools, claims ‘landscape’ of pandemic has changed

Meanwhile, the state’s largest public school employees’ union continues support for masks in schools.

City officials expect the Arts and Culture Center to open this summer in the former Auburn Post Office on Auburn Avenue.

News

City anticipates late summer opening for Arts and Culture Center

Lacking deep pockets, arts groups and artists are often compelled to live something of a vagabond life, moving…

Staff at Walk to Freedom are Maggie Baldridge, intern Karen Haggins, drug and alcohol counselor Allyson Noel, counselor Michael Preston, owner and founder Lynn Dalsing and intern Shayna Williamson. Photo Robert Whale/Auburn Reporter

News

Auburn treatment center gets to the heart of the matter

Walk to Freedom helps people overcome substance abuse and find their footing in the world.

The Auburn Avenue Theater sits vacant and boarded up on Jan. 3, 2022, after being condemned due to safety concerns stemming from the demolition of the Max House Apartments complex next door. Photo by Henry Stewart-Wood/Sound Publishing

News

Engineer finds several safety concerns in Auburn Avenue Theater

All scheduled performances are canceled.

T

News

COVID-19 cases decrease in Auburn

The rate of cases is still high at 15,000 per 100,000 residents.

Jail bars. Stock photo

News

Leader of theft ring sentenced to six years in federal prison

Auburn man operated storefront businesses in Kent and Renton that fronted as legitimate pawn shops.

File photo

News

Man sues Auburn after police commit hit-and-run in Federal Way

The lawsuit alleges the city is responsible for the victim’s injuries.

A protective mask hanging on a front door. (Sound Publishing file photo)

News

Inslee: Mask mandate is going away, but not quite yet

Governor said he’ll say exactly when next week. Meanwhile, a pause on elective surgeries will end Feb. 17.

Traffic in South King County. File photo

News

5 things Democrats didn’t say about their $17B transpo plan

Democrats’ transportation package in the Washington state Legislature, as of Feb. 9, spends lots of money. It also…

Auburn City Hall. File photo

News

Auburn City Council discusses Restorative Commmunity Pathways

The program would keep most kids who commit crimes out of jail.

File photo

News

Couple say sidewalk sleeper threatened them with a hatchet

An Auburn man and woman say they were walking their dogs on Auburn’s East Main Street during the…

Auburn City Hall. File photo

News

Auburn officials outline legislative priorities

City opposes middle housing, police accountability bills; supports repeal of police pursuit restrictions.

Stock photo

News

Auburn business owners convicted of felonies for stealing from employees

The pair operated two cleaning businesses in King County.

T

News

Attorney General files lawsuit against COVID testing company

Center for COVID Control operated testing sites in King County.

Courtesy of King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

News

After a record-breaking 2020, gun violence continues to increase in King County

King County Prosecuting Attorney believes pandemic gun violence is part of a national trend.

File photo

News

Auburn man faces burglary charge for attempted heist of laptops

There the guy was, court records say, standing on the steps leading to the basement of the Cash…

News

Prosecutor charges Auburn man for assaulting a woman in Seattle

On Jan. 24, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed a felony case against an Auburn man it…

Courtesy photo

News

Car blaze at Sierra Meadows apartments | Fire blotter

The following information was reported by the Valley Regional Fire Authority.