The numbers are expected to climb, and so are the challenges for those fighting hunger in Auburn.
Olympia still doesn’t get it.
Four times the voters have approved initiatives requiring a two-thirds vote to raise taxes and a majority vote to increase fees. Four times.
I’ve been talking a lot lately about the connection between salmon, habitat and treaty rights. That connection is pretty simple. No habitat equals no salmon; no salmon equals no treaty rights; and no treaty rights equals a breach of contract between the tribes and U.S. government.
We celebrate the start of the 2011-2012 school year, knowing that our students are capable and precious. Teachers delight in the opportunities for a new year and the attributes of each student.
Gang violence seems to be everywhere today, even right here in our own suburban neighborhoods – and it’s mobile, moving across city borders. So, how can South and East King County communities work together to deal with it?
From her observation of the recent Republican presidential candidates debate and Iowa Straw Poll, State Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, came away with a better idea of who are the contenders and pretenders in the race for the 2012 GOP ticket.
My friend’s 8-year-old son was recently attacked by a pit bull who bit his beautiful face so severely that he was rushed to the hospital. After receiving approximately 40 stitches that ranged from just under his left eye, cheek and under his chin, it was immediately obvious to his family that they had narrowly escaped a parents’ worst nightmare.
Auburn is changing in many ways.
Our treaty right to gather shellfish depends on the shellfish being safe to eat.
The King County Council plans to vote by Aug. 15 on a proposal to institute a $20 car-tab fee to bail Metro Transit out of a $60 million hole. When that vote comes, the final decision should be left to the voters.
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As discouraging as the state’s sour economy and bleak fiscal forecast might be, first-year lawmakers representing Auburn and southeast King County remain cautiously optimistic that better days are ahead.
Jim Riggleman quit his dream job because he felt “disrespected.”
Salmon are incredibly productive by nature. Give them some good habitat, manage harvest carefully, and they will thrive. We’re doing a good job with the careful harvest management part of the equation, but we’re falling far short on the habitat part of the problem.
There is plenty of love to go around in the White household.
While I was out walking along Auburn Way South, I heard dogs barking behind me.
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Thousands of Auburn’s high school seniors will receive their diplomas as their families and loved ones look on with pride this weekend. Some of these students and their families had dreams of going to college, but financially cannot afford it. So instead, they will face the economy’s uncertain job market.
One of the more rewarding aspects of holding a statewide office is to visit schools across the state, especially high schools where students are nearing the end of their 13-year incubation period as young scholars, ready to fly out of the classroom and land in college, the military or directly in the workplace.
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