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New signs mark the history beneath Vashon’s roads
On Dockton Road, where the pavement curves past bright blue water, weathered docks, beaches, farms and woods, a…
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‘The easy cut’: School workers describe human toll of budget reductions
Paraeducators and bus drivers say reduced hours and consolidated routes could leave students with less support, longer rides…
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VIFR chief resigns, retires amid investigation
The investigation remains undisclosed as Deputy Chief Ben Davidson leads VIFR during the transition.
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Building like beavers to restore island streams
This summer, crews with the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust will head into Upper Shinglemill Creek and try to…
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Community foundation forms to support islandwide efforts
A new nonprofit foundation born out of years of work at the Vashon Chamber of Commerce is seeking…
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Thunderbird gives nearly $350K for Vashon emergency helipad
The airport upgrade aims to make emergency airlifts from Vashon faster and safer.
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Island traditions light up the Fourth
Vashon marked Independence Day from dawn to dark this year, beginning with its annual hydroplane race at Jensen…
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VHS adopts bell-to-bell cellphone policy
Vashon High School students will return to school this fall under a stricter cellphone policy, after the Vashon…
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Cal Poly honors Sean Hillman with posthumous degree
Three years after Sean Ogawa Hillman was struck and killed while bicycling near his college campus, his parents…
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Critical Mass ride honors Maridee Bonadea, demands safer streets
Under orange sunset skies Friday night, more than 200 Critical Mass cyclists rode past the West Seattle site…
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Vashon schools near cellphone vote as budget pressures mount
As the school year nears its end, Vashon Island School District leaders are nearing a decision on what…
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For Maridee Bonadea, biking meant ‘everything’
Her death near the Fauntleroy ferry dock has left Vashon mourning, as friends call for safer roads and…
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Class of 2026 rolls into its next chapter
Pirate flags flew, cardboard faces bobbed above car windows and green-robed graduates rolled through uptown Saturday as Vashon…