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Enforcing the ban on fireworks | Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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Seems we didn’t see what we saw, or so say the gaslighters | Whale

Like others lately, I have been avidly following the Jan. 6 Committee’s hearings into the attack on the…

Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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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…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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The importance of independence in police investigations | Roegner

There have been many people of color harmed by police officers. While all are investigated, one of the…

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It seems like we get out of school later each year | Shiers

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Guest columnist Greg Asimakoupoulos is chaplain at Covenant Living at the Shores in Mercer Island.

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Turning 70 represents a graduation worthy of celebrating | Greg Asimakoupoulos

Two years ago, our 50 year class reunion was canceled due to Covid. But lockdowns and social distancing…

Police lines set up outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (Public domain photo courtesy of VOA/Wikipedia)

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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…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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Public needs to hear and see both candidates for King County prosecutor | Roegner

There are bigger races than the race for King County prosecutor, such as U.S. Senate or Congress, and…

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New look for 2022 grads | Shiers

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Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.

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The frustrating clash between reality and conspiracies | Whale

I have thinking lately about goofy, patently absurd notions.

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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Another look at our complicated relationship with Boeing | Roegner

Boeing is planning to move again. But it is farther east rather than back here.

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From COVID to monkeypox | Shiers

After earlier identifying a presumptive case of monkeypox in King County, it was confirmed May 27 to be…

Federal Way resident Bob Roegner is a former mayor of Auburn. Contact bjroegner@comcast.net.

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Supreme Court’s draft to overturn Roe v. Wade sparks uproar in WA | Roegner

The Supreme Court appeared divided and also shaken by its private deliberations appearing on the front page of…