Seven island businesses signed up last week for the Safe Place program designed to reduce LGBTQ hate crimes and increase reporting of them, and several more are expected to sign on soon, according to Seattle police officer Jim Ritter.
On a November night in 2010, a three-story waterfront home on Vashon’s west side burned in a blaze so dramatic it prompted residents on the other side of Colvos Passage to dial 911.
Two paramedics and two aid cars will serve the island around the clock when the proposed paramedic program change is implemented, according to fire commissioner Rex Stratton.
Five years after the park district broke ground at the VES Fields, the agency is poised to meet a major milestone there this week, when a county official conducts a final review of the project.
After nearly five years managing Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union (PSCCU), Patte Wagner has left to open a mortgage office on the island through Evergreen Home Loans.
A Seattle Police Department initiative garnering attention for its focus on preventing and responding to anti-LGBTQ bias crimes will launch on Vashon next week, concluding in a public meeting for business owners and community members.
Sunday’s high winds and small-craft advisory left little choice for Vashon Youth & Family Services, (VYFS), but to call off its Raft Up event slated for that day.
More than two years after Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) lost a large annual grant, it has closed a program that offered assistance for low-income islanders’ basic needs.
A Seattle Police Department initiative garnering attention for its focus on preventing and responding to anti-LGBTQ bias crimes will launch on Vashon next week, concluding in a public meeting for business owners and community members.
In the midst of public concern about a possibly racially-motivated incident that occurred last month, the sheriff’s office continues to ask that the public come forward with any information, while the victim says he would like the attention surrounding the incident to die down.
Longtime head leaves, team will oversee transition
Last month’s Chautauqua Musical Festival, hosted by the Vashon Eagles, netted $5,000 for music programs at Chautauqua Elementary and McMurray Middle schools.
This Saturday, some 300 bicyclists are expected to take part in what is becoming an island tradition: Vashon’s Passport to Pain.