Students at McMurray Middle School are learning about ocean garbage through a project that will include a visit from an adventurer and filmmaker, who will show some of her films on Vashon next week.
The latest round of Granny’s Attic grants have gone to eight Vashon nonprofits offering health-related programs and services to islanders across the age spectrum.
Last Friday morning, the email from Rebecca Wittman, who owns The President of Me clothing store, arrived in her customers inboxes before 9 a.m.
Senator Patty Murray honored Vashon resident Joe Krumbach with a Golden Tennis Shoe Award last week. Murray gives the awards every year to “everyday heroes,” people who make a difference in their communities.
The local group that has been fighting a prolonged legal battle to take control of the Mukai House and Garden scored a legal victory in court on Friday and for the first time has possession of the historic property.
Island Democrats turned out in droves on Saturday for the Democratic caucus, where they gave impassioned speeches, listened to their neighbors weigh in and cast their votes for who they believe will be the best person to lead the country forward.
After working to learn about and address some of the transportation challenges on Vashon, King County officials will host an open house next week to review a slate of recommendations intended to make it easier for island residents to get around.
Five games into the season, the Vashon Valkyries are undefeated.
Last week in a public meeting on Vashon, representatives from the state’s ferry system addressed both improvements and challenges ahead for the system as a whole and for Vashon in particular.
Islanders will have a chance to help select the Democratic nominee for president when the precinct caucuses convene this Saturday across the state.
Longtime island physical therapist and yoga instructor Andra DeVoght has moved her practice to the Recess Lab, the new exercise studio downtown.
Beginning this week, Island Yoga Center will offer Yoga for Young Adults, open to anyone between the ages of 13 and 18.
For more than a year, there has been little news regarding the possibility of Vashon’s paramedics combining with those of the South King County Medic One system