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After a luncheon to honor departing Fire Chief Matt Vinci, a “push-in” ceremony took place for a rescue and support rig at Fire Station 55. (Elizabeth Shepherd photo)

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As chief departs, fire district fleet improvements continue

The board on Dec. 30 authorized the district to order a new stock Pierce Enforcer Pumper truck.

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These pine siskens were the most numerous type of birds that photographer and birder Jim Diers reported seeing during the Christmas Bird Count.

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Island birders flock for annual count

Around 75 birders took to land and sea on and around Vashon on Dec. 28, scouring the island…

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Storyteller Eva Abram speaks to the crowd at Vashon Center for The Arts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025.

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Artists invoke hope for MLK Day on Vashon

The event this year coincided with the presidential inauguration.

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Water District 19 commission board president Seth Zuckerman poses for a photo outside the district's treatment plant on Beall Road and Bank Road the morning of January 21. In light of the Palisades Fire, the commission wants to ensure that District 19, the largest purveyor of water on Vashon, has access to enough water should the island face a large fire, and it has requested a fire resilience assessment from the King Conservation District.

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Chance of catastrophic fire on Vashon is slim, but preparation is still important, experts say

Island groups are girding themselves for future flames.

Fentanyl pills. (Photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration)

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Funds are running out to help vacate drug possession charges

King County Department of Public Defense urges people with simple drug possession charges to use its free resources.

Fire Weather Zone WA654: According to the National Weather Service (NWS), Vashon’s fire weather zone (WA654, center of map) has not had a Red Flag fire danger warning since 2016. You can monitor fire weather forecasts at <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NWSFireWX">tinyurl.com/NWSFireWX</a>. (Courtesy photo)

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VashonBePrepared: Detailing Vashon’s special wildfire risk

And what you can do to prepare.

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A driver stops for yacht club member and Vashon resident Charlie Backus as he crosses Vashon Highway toward the Quartermaster Yacht Club along the unauthorized crosswalk. Regardless of the King County's decisions or what happens to the crosswalk, "I think (motorists) ought to slow down anyway," Backus said.

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Yacht club members want a crosswalk, but county says it’s not so simple

County officials say the location does not meet their requirements for a marked crosswalk.

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Safa Jneidi, left, and Iyad Alati are hopeful that Syria, their home, will finally become a safe place again.

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Syrian couple sees new day for their beloved country

Alati and Jneidi came to Vashon in 2017 with the help of the Vashon Resettlement Committee.

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The Sally Fox water taxi arrives to ferry people to and from the annual Strawberry Festival on Vashon Island on July 17, 2021.

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Water Taxi surges as advocates plan for Legislative session

“The budget fight will be difficult this year,” Amy Drayer said.

Looking out over Cell 8 during the fall 2024 public tour of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Where will all the waste go? King County’s only landfill expected to be completely full by 2040

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill receives about 1 million tons of waste a year.

In this screenshot from Sunday's candidate forum, attendees listen to pitches from Csenka Favorini-Csorba, Emily Alvarado and Brianna Thomas for 34th Legislative District seats.

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Candidates make their pitch for 34th LD senate seat

More than 70 members of the public logged in to hear the candidates out.

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Southern Resident killer whales travel together in this photo from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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New law restrains boaters from approaching endangered orcas

Washington boaters must stay 1,000 yards away from southern resident killer whales.

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Search begins for new island fire chief

Outgoing Fire Chief Matt Vinci also reported a record of 613 ambulance transports in 2024.