Laura Theimer News Today

In the lone contested race for the Auburn School District Board of Directors, Valerie Gonzales, a board appointee, took home 4,491 votes (62.88 %) to challenger Dirk Dearinger’s 36.19 %, with 7,142 total votes cast. There were 66 write-ins.

Local 86 Iron Workers, Auburn School District staff, school board members and others celebrated the milestone of the topping-off ceremony at Terminal Park Elementary on Nov. 15.

Sound Publishing’s weekly newspapers serving South King County communities won big at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) awards in Bellingham on Oct. 8.