In 1854, a cholera epidemic struck London, England. Thousands of people were dying and no one could determine the cause. Doctors were stumped as deathly ill adults and children filed into the overcrowded hospitals.
Supporters will stage a send-off rally for Olympian Melanie Roach in Sumner on Friday.
The Auburn School District Board of Directors presented the Gold Star Volunteer Award to Ronald Belcher in recognition of his efforts.
Under the watchful, compound eyes of West Main Street’s colorful dragonfly sculptures, the Spokane husband and wife artist team of Tom Askman and Lea Ann Lake sweated Friday’s blazing sun to splash life and color into ghostly images of insects sandblasted into the concrete.
Auburn police responded to that and several other calls for service between July 13 and July 11.
A panel of national experts in the field of Thoroughbred body structure – including the renowned Dr. Susan M. Stover – are scheduled to speak at a free thoroughbred soundness and injury prevention seminar on Wednesday at Emerald Downs in Auburn.
For decades Auburn’s Downtown Association has promoted businesses and services, hung banners above Main Street, issued parking permits and organized…
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr has developed a proposed 2009 budget that she said offers creative ways to trim spending while minimizing cuts of deputies.
Auburn will join the 25th annual National Night Out – a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch – on Aug. 5.
Southeast 304th on both sides of 124th Avenue Southeast on Lea Hill in Auburn will be closed at 7 a.m….
Elijah Olson, a junior at Rainier Christian High School in Auburn, earned the Royal Rangers’ Gold Medal of Achievement, the program’s highest award.
An ambitious Auburn couple has a dream, and their refreshing concept – dinner by the train – hopefully will succeed in the months ahead.
Cyndi and Bruce Fields are determined to complete the final steps that would open the doors to a 2,900-square-foot, 65-seat full-service restaurant at the Auburn Transit Station. The project – Fields & Co., at 110 Second St. SW, Suite 125 – is about 90 percent done.
Auburn police responded to the following calls for service between July 8 and July 5:
Local cities will have two more years to house their misdemeanor offenders in King County jails owing to King County Council’s recent decision to extend the regional jail services contract.
The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 222 calls between June 30 and July 6, among them the following:
Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis, along with Enumclaw Mayor John Wise, was honored recently by the Vietnam Veterans of America, Seattle Chapter No. 102 for his work on the passage of the King County Veterans and Human Services Levy. The award was presented at the organization’s state convention in Seattle on June 29.
Katelynn Overton, with Nature Vision, above, constructs a food web with the children attending the Wetland Wildlife presentation at the Auburn Library. The food web shows the relationship between predator and prey.
Starting Monday, the King County Road Services Division will begin a project to improve the intersection of SE 304th Street and 124th Avenue SE near Auburn Mountainview High School.
