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Physician assistant joins MIH staff
Last week marked a milestone for Vashon Island Fire &Rescue’s Mobile Integrated Health program, with the arrival of…
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All aboard! County announces expansion of Vashon water taxi service
Saturday service as well as an added Friday evening sailing to begin on Oct. 11.
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WA officials respond to death of Charlie Kirk, political violence
Conservative activist was killed Sept. 10.
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A weekend to remember on Vashon
Islanders closed out the summer last weekend with a series of cascading celebrations that, each in their own…
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State order removes COVID vaccine restrictions
“This is excellent news,” said Dr. Zach Miller, an infectious disease physician and volunteer with the Vashon Medical…
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Audit finds potential fraud in King County social services department
The department’s grant awards increased 95% in five years.
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Western states form vaccine alliance as Florida plans to end vaccine mandates
The Democratic governors of California, Oregon and Washington said Sept. 3 they are forming an alliance to coordinate…
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New signs urge islanders to protect Quartermaster’s ecology
Artful and dramatic, the signs show the western grebe as a presence in the winter, then becoming a…
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New owner of bookshop is familiar face there
Ownership of the Vashon Bookshop has passed from long-time owner Nancy Katica to long-term employee Carrie Van Buren.
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Homelessness still rising in Washington, state data shows
Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows…
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County gets funds to restore shoreline
King County’s decades-long effort to safeguard critical stretches of Vashon’s shoreline got a boost last week, when the…
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State terminates Vashon kelp farm’s aquatic lease
State officials terminated Pacific Sea Farms’ lease on Monday due to the company’s inability to retrieve portions of…