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Articles by Robert Whale
Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
The growing disconnect between public servants and the...
By Robert Whale • January 28, 2022 5:30 am

As one small part of the often derided “legacy media,” I am aware that what I am about to say…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
My bold New Year’s resolutions – late, as...
By Robert Whale • January 22, 2022 12:15 pm

I was born late — exactly three weeks — despite my mother’s earnest efforts to speed the process along with…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
Good night, John Boy, from another generation |...
By Robert Whale • January 13, 2022 3:08 pm

When I was growing up in the 1970s, like many others I enjoyed “The Waltons,” Earl Hamner Jr.’s televised account…

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com
Don’t fool yourself: COVID’s tentacles are long enough...
By Robert Whale • December 30, 2021 5:30 am

From March 2020 until recently, it seemed to me that COVID-19 always hit someone far off, the man who’d been…

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Fire inflicted heavy damage to the second floor and roof of the 2-story apartment-and ground-floor retail building at 115 East Main Street beginning late on the night of Friday July 23 and continuing into early Saturday morning. The Valley Regional Fire Authority reports that all residents got out safely. Photo courtesy Auburn Police Department.
Fire sweeps downtown Auburn apartment building, all residents...
By Robert Whale • July 24, 2021 1:30 am

Firefighters had to rescue two residents from the roof of an apartment building in downtown Auburn that burned late Friday…

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Traffic alerts now and upcoming in King County
By Robert Whale • July 13, 2021 1:30 am

As of 8:14 a.m. July 13, an earlier ramp blocking incident on SR 520 Westbound at 108th Avenue Northeast in…

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Road buckling on I-90 | King County traffic...
By Robert Whale • June 29, 2021 1:30 am

As of Monday evening June 28 and continuing into Tuesday morning and afternoon, June 29, the Washington State Department of…

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Tree in the roadway June 28 blocks the right lane on westbound SR 18 just east of Tiger Mountain Rd. Photo courtesy of WSDOT
Fallen tree on SR 18 | King County...
By Robert Whale • June 28, 2021 10:35 am

As of Monday morning, June 28, Washington State Department of Transportation reported the following road obstructions:

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First large-scale, human composting facility in the world...
By Robert Whale • March 25, 2021 1:05 pm

“It’s what nature meant us to do. We just do it faster.”

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Ferguson sues agencies over archive relocation decision
Ferguson sues agencies over archive relocation decision
By Robert Whale • August 28, 2020 3:05 pm

“Decision to close the National Archives in Seattle has far-reaching impacts across the Northwest.”

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King County homeless count: 11,751 people, up 5 percent from 2019
King County homeless count: 11,751 people, up 5...
By Robert Whale • July 7, 2020 10:00 pm

One night a year, volunteers spread out across Seattle and King County to count the homeless.

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Chris Vance has his doubts about the Republican party and where it is going. COURTESY PHOTO
From chairman of WA Republicans to party pariah,...
By Robert Whale • September 20, 2019 1:20 pm

‘Biggest shock of my adult life has been the Republican Party’s complete capitulation to Donald Trump.’

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