Auburn News

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.

Nearly 20,000 brave rockers toughed out brutal event traffic to be at this past Saturday's Journey and Steve Miller Band show, getting a lesson in how to rock from a band that started more than 40-years ago and a 70-year-old guitar god.

Responding to wildfires devastating portions of Washington state in recent days, Walgreens began accepting cash donations from customers looking for ways to support those whose lives or property were disrupted.

Employees at an animal shelter in Auburn, Wash., are hoping to find a hospice foster home for a mature German shepherd who wound up in their care following the dog owner's death.

Go, dog, go! Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, held a Wiener Dog Race sponsored by the local radio station.

Washington's Fall Camp gets kicked off today with Chris Petersen's introductory press conference.

The Independence Day fireworks were little more than sparklers compared to the fiery battle brewing in the 31st District Senate race between Republicans Pam Roach and Cathy Dahlquist .

The gloves are off in the 31st District's main bout, but so far the undercard is a friendly fight.

Pooper is a disabled wiener dog who competed in the Star 101.5 Wiener Dog Races at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash.

Auburn's big cart-el: Shopping carts, when taken from store property, remain in large supply, costing stores and the City money.