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Inspiration Point, 2024, with Marie Bradley and Keith Prior.

Opinion

4Culture grant boosts Inspiration Point restoration efforts

The Vashon Parks Foundation and the Vashon Park District have worked to restore the views from Inspiration Point…

JC Graham

Opinion

The sweet refugium we call home

The mysterious tales of Whispering Firs Bog are mostly fictional, I suppose, but it’s a fact that our…

Alex Bruell Photo
Kids and adults react as the great tree lights up next to the Vashon Presbyterian Church at WinterFest 2024.

Opinion

Editorial: A week wrapped in garland

The holiday season is officially upon us after Thanksgiving dinner — and feels like a rush of green…

Heidi Grimsley and Leslie Ferriel

Opinion

Support the annual Vashon toy drive

As the holiday season approaches, our community is once again preparing for one of its most cherished and…

Jenny Stamper

Opinion

Island creeks see returning salmon

One of the most exciting markers of the change of seasons is the anticipation of the first autumn…

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Opinion

Comic: Seagulls on Vashon observe the humans

Arsenio Navarro moved to Vashon Island with his family in 2021 and has been steadily developing his fine…

Marsha Shenk

Opinion

Let’s build a participating economy on Vashon

The large conference room at the Library was packed with Vashonites concerned about looming food shortages as funding…

Lynne Ameling

Opinion

No Kings, No Fascism

My daughter Genevieve and I had agreed to meet at the stop sign in downtown Vashon.

Opinion

Editorial: A fast-moving news week

Sometimes, news breaks fast and hard on Vashon.

Kenny Alton

Opinion

‘Grief is grief’ support group offers help

Why a grief group for the holidays season?

JC Graham

Opinion

Democracy depends on showing up

Every functioning democracy depends on certain essentials, but none more basic than consistent participation. For the Vashon‑Maury Community…

Tina Shattuck

Opinion

Women hold the key hosts weekend of events

Women Hold the Key is thrilled to present three events that will illuminate women’s remarkable contributions to culture…

Jim Diers Photo
Family ties, right to left: son Pooka (L106); matriarch Surprise! (L86); daughter Element (L125) and male Finn (L116), the grandson of matriarch Nugget (L55), who is the sister of Surprise.

News

J, K and L Pods visit during Native Heritage Month

Editor’s note: This account by Orca Annie Stateler, an Indigenous marine naturalist, researcher and founder of the Vashon…