Lack of tax revenue, small rural population leave King County roads department underfunded
Students in a third-grade class at Chautauqua recently provided a different kind of nourishment for patrons of the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank: a Little Free Library stocked with books.
Our island sits on a fault line that is overdue for an earthquake. In case of a major disaster, King County has already told island residents that they will be on their own, likely for weeks.
Islanders with children are invited to get a voucher for a wearable light to help them be visible in the dark.
The Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, with the help of over 1,000 volunteers, will perform its 36th One Night Count of those without shelter between 2 and 5 a.m. on Friday.
After six months of serving Mediterranean-inspired small plates from a restaurant nestled between the print shop and VALISE in downtown Vashon, Isola is closing its doors.
Jeanne Dougherty, founder and owner of the island financial business Dogwood Associates, is retiring from the business and handing over the ownership reins.
As the presidential debates continue to spark conversations and controversy about immigration, a local high school freshman is tackling the subject head-on by travelling to the Arizona-Mexico border to learn about the issue.
More than 50 volunteers last year helped the Vashon Friends of the Library put on its fundraising events, a huge improvement over the seven members that sat around the organization’s meeting table a couple years ago.
After 26 years representing Washington State’s 7th District in Congress, Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA 7th District) on Monday announced his retirement.
Vashon’s annual recognition of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. is slated for next week and will include several guests from the island who will speak about their experiences and ideas for creating the kind of world King envisioned more than 50 years ago.
A single-vehicle crash on Vashon’s north end claimed the life of islander Molly Adams last week, and those closest to her say it is not just the people of the island who have suffered a loss, but the island’s animals as well.
More than a decade after Vashon HouseHold purchased land on Bank Road to build affordable housing, the nonprofit agency is moving ahead and hopes islanders interested in purchasing a home there will contact them soon.