County emergency medicine officials will return to the island next week and present a revised plan regarding combining Vashon’s paramedics with those of South King County Medic One.
eighborcare Health at Vashon was a hive of activity on Monday morning with workmen on ladders, staff tucked behind computers and medical assistants preparing exam rooms.
eighborcare Health at Vashon was a hive of activity on Monday morning with workmen on ladders, staff tucked behind computers and medical assistants preparing exam rooms.
Roughly two dozen islanders and Vashon Island Fire &Rescue personnel gathered in front of the fire department’s 9/11 memorial early Sunday morning for a brief remembrance service.
Jens Pedersen celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday at the Point Robinson keeper’s quarters, the place he lived for more than a decade — from 1936 to 1945 — while his father was a keeper at the lighthouse.
Public comments on the Department of Transportation’s proposal to decrease the speed limit on a stretch of Vashon Highway will be accepted until Friday, Sept. 23.
After a short period with no cougar sightings, additional islanders have reported seeing the animal at various locations on Maury Island.
The Vashon Park District is asking islanders to participate in a survey that will serve as the first step in the district’s creation of a strategic plan to address long-term finances and projects.
Some Vashon social media followers were recently treated to the news, complete with pictures, that the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust had built a loop at Shinglemill Trail. With respect to that, the Land Trust has both good news and bad news for island loop-trail fans: The good news is that there is, in fact, a loop being built at Shinglemill. The bad news is that it is not yet finished and isn’t expected to be ready for public use until sometime in October.
As part of the campaign for National Preparedness Month, people across the country are being urged to become involved in their communities and prepare for emergencies and disaster through service.
One year after new recycling compactors were installed at Vashon’s transfer station and a yard and food waste pilot program was instituted, county data shows use of these alternate forms of disposal has grown significantly.
Bicycles and motorcycles took to Vashon’s streets last weekend during Saturday’s Passport to Pain and Sunday’s Isle of Vashon TT.
Do what looks normal but isn’t. For Jim Woodring, that directive, in 1989, launched the artist