A source with direct knowledge of current staffing at the Vashon Post Office recently told The Beachcomber that there are currently three regular postal carriers in place on Vashon, to fill eight regular routes and one auxiliary route.
The proposed levy will appear on the April 25 ballot and would require a 60 percent “yes” vote for approval.
Throughout the purpose-driven decades of her life, Barbara Steen became a pillar of the community — leading and contributing to worthy causes that beautified and enhanced life on Vashon.
A team of islanders are leading a local response to serious and ongoing customer complaints against the propane provider.
Family and friends have founded the Sam Yates Community Foundation both to honor Sam’s commitment to community, and to protect others on Vashon from the condition that took his life
For generations, Portage Fill has entertained and inspired islanders to get up and dance to tunes from the great American songbook.
Club members gathered on a blue-sky morning, armed with goodwill, grabbers, gloves, buckets and gloves to clean up plastics.
After months of severe staffing shortages, the United States Postal Service will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in Vashon Library’s meeting room.
In International Baccalaureate schools, students gain “cultural awareness and progress in a second language, preparing them to engage with people all over the world.”
There are new faces of leadership at Vashon Island School District (VISD), with the recent appointment of a new school board member, and the hires of a new director of business and finance, and a new assistant principal at Vashon High School (VHS).
If grant and community funding is successful, then potential permits, demolition and replacement construction could proceed in 2025.
A Vashon man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in connection with the death of islander Nathan Dorn, Jr.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of January, islander Trish…
