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End-of-life care curtailed at hospital now owned by the Franciscan system

Many people are concerned about the consequences to reproductive and end-of-life care by the acquisitions of secular hospitals…

Letters to the Editor

Trained island volunteers were a big help signing up for insurance

I am writing to express my gratitude to the volunteers who helped my family sign up for health…

Letters to the Editor

We must speak up about proposed changes to service

Washington State Ferries intends to impose a new, stretched out, less user-friendly schedule on the Vashon/Fauntleroy/Southworth route in…

News

Donald Eugene Frohning

Long-time island resident Donald Eugene Frohning, 83, died November 23, 2013, after an ongoing illness. Don was born…

Obituaries

John (Jack) Dawdy

John (Jack) Dawdy, 70, passed away from cancer at his Vashon home on November 21st. Jack grew up…

Arjun Verna has been called the Wynton Marsalis of East Indian music.

Arts

Musicians bring the sounds of India to Vashon

You don’t need to travel to India to hear the traditional melodies and beguiling rhythms of East Indian…

Jim Beaver has appeared on 'Deadwood

Arts

Local performers team up with LA actor in a new work

When the staged reading of the play “Billyboy” hits the boards as the next performance in Vashon Allied…

News

Local writer hired as Beachcomber’s new arts editor

An islander with an extensive background in writing has been hired as The Beachcomber’s new arts editor.

Opinion

A bittersweet goodbye to the paper’s arts editor | Editorial

Of the many small community newspapers in western Washington, The Beachcomber is one of a handful that feature…

Opinion

Catholic-controlled health care continues to raise concerns on Vashon

Ever since Highline announced it was selling itself and all its subsidiaries to the Franciscan Health System, there…

News

Island teen works to create suicide intervention and youth support group

Following a number of youth suicides and deaths on Vashon, island teen Garnet Burk has partnered with Vashon…

News

History of childhood trauma high on Vashon

A high number of parents on Vashon report they experienced multiple traumas as children, according to a statewide…

Obituaries

Stephen Lee Bolles

Stephen Lee Bolles July 29, 1944 to November 16, 2013 Stephen Lee Bolles was born in Wadena, Minnesota…