Standard and Poor’s informed the City of Auburn on Tuesday that the City has received a AA bond rating.
Students in the Leadership Institute of South Puget Sound have started a program to collect funds or items for needy families in Auburn.
Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between April 24 and April 26:
The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 177 calls for service between April 19 and April 25, the following among them:
Irene Brown, an orthodontist assistant for Drs. Heather Woloshyn and Karen Clements, recently accompanied Dr. Wooly, a lady sheep and the clinic’s official oral hygiene mascot, on a visit to Washington Elementary School students.
Auburn’s Stefanie Burger, a standout student at Central Washington University, is bringing creativity to life in the historic City of Ellensburg.
Valley Regional Firefighters recently volunteered their time to pick up trash along Highway 18.
Capt. Pete Connell received the Fire Officer of the Year Award and Anthony Rodriquez was chosen Firefighter of the Year for 2009 at the Valley Regional Fire Authority annual awards reception in March.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg described a crime wave that once earned King County an unwelcome reputation as one of the top spots in the nation for car thieves to practice their dark avocation.
The Lions of Zone C-3 District 19C hosted its sixth annual Special Needs Youth Fishing Derby last Saturday at the Auburn Mill Pond Park.
Students from the Auburn area have been named to the dean’s List at the University of Washington for winter quarter.
Green River Community College’s Trades programs are where they always have been, on the right as you enter the campus from the east, housed in buildings that date to the school’s first days.
Julie Brewer, recreation special programs and marketing manager for the Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation Department, recently was honored as the City’s Employee of the Year for 2009.
Pacific’s Trade Route Brewing Co. & Taphouse chipped in for a good cause last Friday, hosting the Cascade Regional Blood Services’ Bloodmobile Pint-for-Pint Give Blood Get Beer drive.
To take part in a proposed King County regional animal control system, the City of Auburn would have to pony up about $250,000 each year.
Auburn Tourism: For special events in the Auburn area, visit the Web site: www.auburntourism.com.
Following two days of negotiations, Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 announced that they have reached agreement on a new five-year contract Tuesday.
Cascade Water Alliance announced Monday that the levels in Lake Tapps officially have reached full recreational pool of 541.5 feet.
The City of Auburn will introduce a citywide reading initiative, Auburn Reads, which will run from May to September.
The owners and operators of a string of massage parlors in Washington, including one located in Auburn, and California are in custody after agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and local law enforcement officers executed federal criminal search warrants at the establishments as part of an investigation into a prostitution and money laundering scheme.