Auburn News

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 244 calls for service between July 21 and 27, among them the following: Aid call: 1:27 p.m., .

A federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted a 33-year-old Auburn on four federal counts involving the sex trafficking of two female victims, U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan said Wednesday.

Arson of inhabited public property: 4 p.m., 1044 18th St. NE. A kid - his or her gender one of those police mysteries - burned paper towels and grass at a local community center.

The trial judge then placed the Kent youth under the supervision of the Juvenile Justice and Rehabilitation Administration, part of the Department of Social and Health Services, which despite his frequent violations of the conditions of his parole, allowed him to be free.

When people think of music festivals, they usually think of alt-rock bands playing together at a concert with a silly name - Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo and Coachella all spring to mind.

The 3No Networking business mixer returns to Don Giovanni's Ristorante and Wine Bar at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Some claim he entered the world 45 years ago, having escaped his mother's womb on a muddy field in Woodstock, N.Y. even as Jimi Hendrix was closing out that infamous rock festival with his blistering take on "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Construction by Puget Sound Energy requires an extended lane closure for southbound traffic on M Street SE at Auburn Way South from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today for power transmission line work.

Auburn Symphony Orchestra concludes its second season of outdoor summer chamber series performances with a 7 p.m. Aug. 7 concert at historic Mary Olson Farm in Auburn.

State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, agreed Saturday to pay back more than $4,500 to the state for improperly charging taxpayers for mileage to pick up mail at a post-office box where she received both official and campaign mail.

Every one of us in the Western world has contributed to climate change. - Bill McKibben, American environmentalist, author, and journalist Recently, I organized a couple of events with the goal of showing people how their choices and actions can make a real difference in the effort to end our dependence on fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

A new comedy competition series that has both professionals and amateurs learning different genres of comedy.

The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 235 calls for service between July 14 and 20, among them the following: Commercial fire: 10:49 p.m., .

John Marcus Alberti, a highly-decorated war veteran, was inurned at Tahoma National Cemetery, following a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park and a motorcade from Auburn to Kent on Thursday.

Vandalism: Overnight, 3502 Auburn Way S. In the wee small hours, a person or persons unknown to police smashed out a window in one of the portable classrooms at Chinook Elementary School, but did not go inside.

The Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness accounted for 97 homeless people in Auburn in January during its annual One Night Count.

Tony Goodnow, 22, was sentenced July 18 to 8 1/2 years in prison for a collision last December that killed his girlfriend's 5-year-old son, Stacey-Izaac Holmes, in Auburn.

Nearly two weeks ago a group of French students gathered at the airport in France, meeting each other for the first time to embark on a summer trip.

The Rosebud Children's Theater Conservatory is celebrating it's fifth anniversary this summer with two productions: "Princess Whatshername," which ran from July 18-20 and "Once Upon a Mattress," which is scheduled to begin performances at 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays between Aug. 1-3 and Aug. 8-10, with a matinee showing on those same dates at ... (more)

Former Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire graduated from Auburn High School. So did Francis "Dick" Scobee, a space shuttle Challenger astronaut.