Opinion
So much in me, good and bad, I trace back to my old man | Whale’s Tales
This Sunday, like many folks across this nation will do and each in their own way, I will…
Opinion
The search for common ground in our national gun conversation | Whale
Late last month, a small Texas city joined an ever-expanding list of cities and sites that none of…
Opinion
The frustrating clash between reality and conspiracies | Whale
I have thinking lately about goofy, patently absurd notions.
Opinion
Roe v. Wade and the road we have been down before | Whale’s Tales
I have been thinking a lot lately about the Prohibition Era in the United States and the fiery,…
Opinion
Here’s a theory on why people embrace all those crazy theories | Whale’s Tales
Not so long ago, one could have called me a dyed-in-the-wool, hard-core skeptic about cryptids.
Opinion
Never miss a chance to treasure your mama | Whale’s Tales
With the approach of Mother’s Day, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my own mother, gone 16…
Opinion
Could we pull together like the Ukrainians are doing? | Whale’s Tales
The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there.
Opinion
Music at the intersection of past and present | Whale
It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have…
Opinion
Watching the social media and cable news train wreck | Whale
To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.
Opinion
Writer goes on a tear about flabby language | Whale
Those who know me know me know I’m a bit of a stickler about language.
News
Leader of theft ring sentenced to six years in federal prison
Auburn man operated storefront businesses in Kent and Renton that fronted as legitimate pawn shops.
Opinion
The growing disconnect between public servants and the press | Whale
As one small part of the often derided “legacy media,” I am aware that what I am about…
Opinion
My bold New Year’s resolutions – late, as usual | Whale
I was born late — exactly three weeks — despite my mother’s earnest efforts to speed the process…
Opinion
Good night, John Boy, from another generation | Whale
When I was growing up in the 1970s, like many others I enjoyed “The Waltons,” Earl Hamner Jr.’s…
News
Future Algona transfer station faces planning stage headwinds
South King County’s new recycling and transfer station is expected to be completed in 2026.
Opinion
Don’t fool yourself: COVID’s tentacles are long enough to reach even you | Robert Whale
From March 2020 until recently, it seemed to me that COVID-19 always hit someone far off, the man…
News
Fire sweeps downtown Auburn apartment building, all residents out safely
Firefighters had to rescue two residents from the roof of an apartment building in downtown Auburn that burned…
Northwest
Traffic alerts now and upcoming in King County
As of 8:14 a.m. July 13, an earlier ramp blocking incident on SR 520 Westbound at 108th Avenue…
News
Road buckling on I-90 | King County traffic update
As of Monday evening June 28 and continuing into Tuesday morning and afternoon, June 29, the Washington State…
News
Fallen tree on SR 18 | King County traffic update
As of Monday morning, June 28, Washington State Department of Transportation reported the following road obstructions: