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Celebrate beach and sky at annual Kite Day
Vashon Park District's annual Kite Day is set for Saturday, May 21, at Point Robinson. There will be…
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Man remembers family, island struggles 74 years after Japanese internment
Seventy-four years ago this week more than 120 Japanese-American islanders were forced to leave Vashon, bound for Seattle…
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Local agencies, county, begin talks about island health care
With the closure of the Franciscan medical clinic coming this August, members of state and county governments have…
Sports
Girls’ lacrosse: Team ends season undefeated
The Vashon Valkyries are coming of age. Coming off a 6-5 record last year, the five-year-old team just…
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Financial difficulties prompt Franciscans to close island clinic
CHI Franciscan Health announced late last week that it will close the clinic at Sunrise Ridge in August…
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Islanders work to fill health care void
A group of islanders stepped forward last week and indicated they are working to prevent a health care…
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Franciscans announce plans to cease operations at local clinic, while islanders work to fill health care void
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Warm weather ushers in May Day swim
Dozens of islanders beat the heat on Sunday and helped the Vashon Park District break in the pool…
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New administrator settles in at care center
Some two and a half years after its former administrator left the organization, the care center hired a…
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Three drunk-driving deaths in year’s time cause concern
When a young woman was killed in a crash on the north end last December, she was the…
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Vashon Pool to offer free Sunday swim
The island's public swimming pool, typically open only during the summer months, will be open this Sunday for…
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Researchers: Whale found dead off Vashon was ‘normal occurrence’
A gray whale that was reported dead off of Vashon last week likely died of starvation, whale experts…
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Researchers work to determine what killed gray whale located near Vashon
Yesterday researchers concluded their necropsy of a gray whale found earlier this week off the west side of…