King County Councilwoman Jan Drago told Islanders Monday night that she believes the county council should be more involved in selecting the trustees who oversee the countywide library system.
The state Legislature, in a move that will help Vashon’s cash-strapped school district, has agreed to lift school districts’ so-called…
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Hall on Vashon Highway sold last month to Vashon Island Books, a partnership of two men who hope to create an interdisciplinary school there and continue to rent out the building’s popular banquet space.
The Vashon-Maury Cooperative Preschool currently rents out the bottom floor of the 6,600-square-foot building, but the school plans to relocate to another Island location after this school year, said Chuck vanNorman, president of the preschool’s board.
The Vashon Island Growers Association has hired Islander Alison Bockus as the new Vashon Farmers Market manager for the 2010…
ConocoPhillips has agreed to pay $588,000 to restore three ecologically important areas on Maury Island as part of a proposed settlement over an oil spill in Dalco Passage in 2004 that fouled hundreds of acres of shoreline, closed parks and harmed wildlife.
The Vashon Island School District has selected an architectural firm with ties to the Island to begin preliminary designs of a far-reaching makeover of Vashon High School.
Stranger than Fiction book store closes this weekend, making it one of several Island businesses that has taken down its shingle in recent months.
As the decadal count of Americans launches this month, Islanders and officials are trying to find ways to ensure that all on Vashon — from those with P.O. boxes to undocumented immigrants — are counted.
Islanders and census officials are banding together to get an accurate count of Vashon’s population, an elusive number that previous censuses may not have accurately pinpointed, some say. Census questionnaires will be mailed out March 15.
Nearly 40 Islanders took to the trails Sunday in a quiet show of respect for a man who made his mark on Vashon as a stalwart equestrian and generous supporter of Vashon’s tightknit horse community.
The search for a new principal at Chautauqua Elementary School is well under way, with applications due today and preliminary screening of candidates tomorrow.
The King Conservation District, a natural resource agency that promotes re-sponsible land stewardship, is holding an election Tuesday, March 16,…
Two youth-centered nonprofits on Vashon have received a $25,000 grant that will enable them to hire a consultant who will evaluate both organizations and determine how they can better reach people in the community.
Vashon Youth Council and Development of Island Teens received the funds — one of the largest private donations in their combined histories — in January.
Jan Drago, newly selected to represent District 8 on the King County Council, will visit Vashon on March 15 to…