Once again this Saturday, about 200 acres of Island Center Forest will close to everyone but permitted deer hunters for the last two weeks of October.
King County is currently accepting applications for its 2017 Community Engagement Grant program which awards funds for community-focused projects or events in unincorporated Community Service Areas. A total of $60,000 is available to be distributed in amounts up to — but not exceeding — $5,000 for each grantee.
A World War II veteran and islander was recently given the opportunity to see the Washington D.C. memorials on the National Mall.
Crews will begin work along Vashon Highway S.W. near the Cunliffe Road intersection at 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17. Their work will include removing a building foundation and re-sloping the hillside. During the construction, lanes will be shifted to make room for equipment and vehicles. Travelers should expect traffic delays and plan for additional time to get to the ferry terminal. Crews expect to finish at 5 p.m. on Oct. 28.
The Vashon Island School District has been gradually increasing its water consumption over the last 20 years, according to Water District 19’s Bob Powell, leading the water district to consider raising the school district’s rate.
Two weeks ago, on a cool and cloudy Northwest fall day, 19-year-old islander Nate Weston was helping his father pick apples for the island’s annual CiderFest celebration. The following week, he was in the Mediterannean sunshine with 17 of the world’s best free runners and parkour practicers (called traceurs), running, jumping, flipping and spinning over the iconic white domes of Oia in Santorini, Greece.
A deceased man found near an overturned kayak off Point Robinson on Saturday afternoon has been identified, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Vashon High School principal Danny Rock said he received the first anonymous tip of the school year about sexting recently. Now, he and vice principal Alanah Baron are working to determine what the school’s role is in starting conversations about digital safety, sexting, consent and the legal ramifications of such behavior.
Last week, King County officials presented a plan to integrate Vashon’s paramedics into those of those of South King County Medic One as early as the beginning of next year, and fire commissioners say they will study the proposal and hold a public meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12.
The Neighborcare Health clinic opened on Sept. 26 to hundreds of phone calls, and providers there saw more than 200 patients during the first week.
Four months after a West Seattle couple began an attempt to breathe new life into the Burton Inn and opened its doors to overnight guests for the first time in years, the inn is closed again.
Wildlife experts told a crowd of nearly 100 islanders last week that the number of coyotes living on the island is expected to keep increasing for some time.
A deceased man was found in an overturned kayak off Point Robinson on Saturday afternoon, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office Marine Rescue Twitter account.