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61st Auburn Veterans Parade receives regional site designation
During a stormy weekend, the clouds parted Saturday during the commencement of the 61st annual Veterans Parade and Observance in downtown Auburn. A staple event in the city’s history, this year’s Veterans Parade, which took place the morning of Nov. 7, was designated by the Veterans Day National Committee and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a Regional Site for the 2026 celebration of Veterans Day.
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Tacoma Card Shop Burglars Used a 2006-07 Ram Heavy Duty, and Police Want the Truck
It isn’t the Pokémon cards that might break this case open. It’s the pickup the burglars used to get to them. Tacoma police and Crime Stoppers of Tacoma/Pierce County are asking the public to help identify the truck used in two commercial burglaries at Knutsen’s Sports Cards on 6th Avenue. The Crime Stoppers listing files it as a commercial burglary under Tacoma Police case 26-306-00255. The most recent break-in was early Monday, Nov. 2. Police say that in both burglaries, the thieves backed a pickup through the store’s rear metal doors, not through a wall, and drove off with trading cards. The owner puts the loss at roughly $50,000, mostly sealed Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering product.
The Center Square
'The fraud is public record’: Whistleblower slams dropped Urban League probe
(The Center Square) - The whistleblower at the center of a scandal concerning the Tacoma Urban League has been notified by the office of Washington Attorney General Nick Brown that they have closed her case. Corey Orvold, a real estate managing broker and former Tacoma Urban League volunteer, revealed alleged self-dealing within TUL nearly two years ago. As reported by The Center Square, Orvold raised serious allegations against Washington state’s Community Reinvestment Program which, among other things, aims to support homeownership for minorities by providing grants and funding to programs that assist low-income households. Late last month, Orvold was contacted by the state attorney general’s office requesting a phone call to discuss her case. In that call she was informed the office was closing the inquiry. “I’m told that the attorney general's office for the state of Washington does not have the ability to investigate taxpayer donations to charities. So, after a so-called year of investigating, the Washington State Attorney General's Office, Consumer Protection Division has closed their investigation, because it was taxpayer money,” said Orvold. Investigation, inquiries After investigating publicly available information over several months in 2025, Orvold suggested the program had become a personal enrichment for those charged