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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    LA’s wildfires must spark change in our neck...
    January 30, 2025 2:15 pm

    The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century. They quickly…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Confessions of a klutz: Was I cursed from...
    By Robert Whale • January 17, 2025 1:30 am

    For most of my life, that’s how I felt about myself.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    History has always been about human beings |...
    By Robert Whale • December 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Years ago, the late journalist Harry Reasoner said this on a CBS historical documentary: “The past is like a foreign…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Strange tales from life at University of Washington...
    By Robert Whale • December 13, 2024 11:30 am

    I have many treasured memories from my four years at the University of Washington, and to this day, they bring…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@soundpublishing.com.
    Let’s leave bridge building to the bridge builders...
    By Robert Whale • November 29, 2024 10:05 am

    I have been thinking a lot about an alarming trend in this nation that appears to elevate ignorance.

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Is the Northwest ready for our ‘Big One?’...
    October 19, 2024 2:15 pm

    When President Biden warned FEMA does not have enough money to finish the hurricane season let alone the entire year,…

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    Another invisible child: Interview with a survivor of...
    By Jayendrina Singha Ray Guest column • October 8, 2024 2:06 pm

    I met Jessica (pseudonym), a survivor of familial sex trafficking, and Audrey Baedke from the nonprofit REST (Real Escape from the Sex Trade) to understand the invisible reality of child abuse.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Consider the influence of those annoying ads |...
    By Robert Whale • October 4, 2024 1:30 am

    Because what we know about this election is that other nations that mean us ill — for example, Russia, China and Iran — are working overtime to influence our election.

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Natural gas is under siege in Washington state...
    September 21, 2024 2:15 pm

    Whether you call it a ban or a significant deterrent to future natural gas consumption, voter approval of Initiative 2066…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Winning the battle against cancer by a whisker...
    By Robert Whale • September 20, 2024 1:30 am

    It all came to my attention one morning that formerly bewhiskered areas of my face were now bare.

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    Kathy Lambert is a former member of the King County Council who represented the Snoqualmie Valley area.
    Farewell to Carnation’s outgoing city manager | Kathy...
    August 30, 2024 1:30 am

    The city manager for the last three years, Ana Cortez, completes her last day on Sept. 3.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    We are facing an epidemic of blame shifting...
    By Robert Whale • August 16, 2024 7:30 am

    Now I’m starting to do all the healthful things I should have been doing all along. It won’t happen in a day, but I am on the road.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at robert.whale@auburn-reporter.com.
    Once upon a time when the truth still...
    By Robert Whale • August 10, 2024 7:30 am

    We’re beating each other over the heads with “alternate facts.” It’s the tolling of our death knell as a nation.

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