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Mark McKallor is back home on Vashon after his cross-country ride. (Nancy McKallor photo)

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Island cyclist finishes cross country ride

Mark McKallor is back home on Vashon after his cross-country ride.

Document backups can rescue you when disaster strikes. The main thing is to have an alternate way to get important documents that you may not be able to retrieve from your home following an earthquake or other emergency. For example, you can make digital copies and back them up to a thumb drive, which you can then keep in a secure location such as a bank safe deposit box. (Courtesy photo)

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VashonBePrepared: Prepare to preserve your precious documents

After a windstorm, earthquake, or fire, how will you come back from disaster?

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Public art brings home stark statistics on domestic violence

“20 Chairs” is on view through mid-August in the field on the south side of the DOVE Project’s…

A worker paints a building on July 17 at Vashon HouseHold's upcoming Island Center Homes. (Alex Bruell photo)

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Island Center Homes nears completion

The project remains on-time and on-budget, according to Vashon HouseHold.

Leslie Brown photo Washington state Governor Jay Inslee mingles with islanders at Strawberry Festival.

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Governor visits at Strawberry Festival

Inslee shook hands, posed for photos and urged islanders to oppose Initiative 2117.

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Happenings | July 25 edition

Walk in the woods, dine and dance and celebrate VIGA’s 25th anniversary.

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Civic leaders and organizations take stage at Strawberry Festival

Various island healthcare providers — new, old and hypothetical — visited with islanders.

Artists steamrolling linocut prints at the WAZGoose Festival in Tacoma. Quartermaster Press artists will offer the same artmaking event on June 28, in the parking lot of the Blue Heron Education Center. (Michael Darr photo)

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Quartermaster Press rolls out big prints and plans

The event is free, from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 28.

Vashon Seals, surrounded by soap bubbles, exuberantly marched down Vashon Highway during the parade. (Tom Hughes photo)

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Vashon celebrates Strawberry Festival

Check out photos and more from the island’s biggest party.

A ferry pulls toward the Fauntleroy ferry dock on a cloud-pocked March afternoon. (Alex Bruell photo.)

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Ferry-served communities band together

The groups are asking for more crew and boat funding and more transparency

9th Congressional District Rep. Adam Smith, 8th Congressional District Rep. Kim Schrier, 1st Congressional District Rep. Suzan DelBene and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell are among Democrats from Washington state who support President Joe Biden’s decision to stop his re-election campaign. Courtesy photos

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WA Democrat leaders ‘applaud’ Biden for dropping out of race

Smith, Schrier, DelBene and Cantwell released statements in support of President Biden’s Sunday decision to no longer seek…

The candidates of Unofficial Mayor are (left to right, top row) Marjorie Watkins, Uncle Wigglebottom, (middle row) Andy the Service Dog, Edgar the Forest King, and Nisqually, (bottom row) Fiona and Buddy Butterbean Bukowski. (Courtesy photos.) The candidates of Unofficial Mayor are (left to right, top row) Marjorie Watkins, Uncle Wigglebottom, (middle row) Andy the Service Dog, Edgar the Forest King, and Nisqually, (bottom row) Fiona and Buddy Butterbean Bukowski. (Courtesy photos.)

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Strawberry Festival 2024: Unofficial Mayor’s Race

One dollar for one vote: Vashon’s Unofficial Mayor’s race is on.

The Hasbian’s women’s softball team of the 1990s represent an early growing population of lesbians and gays on the Island who were quietly out of the closet but not highly visible. (Courtesy photo.)

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Time Again: Vashon’s LGBTQIA2S+ Residents

A history of a rainbow of identities on the island.