Fifty-two members of the Vashon High School band will travel on a tour of Southern California in February, to stops including Disneyland, Hollywood and a children’s hospital.
Vashon Partners in Education had a successful phone-a-thon this year — pulling in nearly $60,000 from Island donors who answered…
Thieves made off with collectibles, antiques and technology worth thousands of dollars on Thursday night, when a basement storage area used by Granny’s Attic was robbed.
The King County Water Taxi between Vashon and downtown Seattle hit a log in transit from Vashon to Seattle early…
In a significant move, the federal government has decided not to appeal a U.S. District Court decision last August that temporarily halted Glacier Northwest’s plans to dramatically increase its mining operations on Maury Island.
With the click of a mouse, Islanders can view sepia-toned photographs of Paradise Cove in the 1920s, when a little girl named Tad made seaweed pies on the beach with her dog Snooks.
A landmark payout last week from mining giant Asarco to state and federal agencies contains funds to sample soil and…
Vashon should market itself as an “events and activities-driven getaway,” offering up quilting retreats, adult art camps and Valentines’ packages to draw tourists to the Island in the fall and winter, a report commissioned by the Vashon Chamber of Commerce says.
After nearly seven hours of discussion and debate Monday, the King County Council deadlocked on whom to choose to replace Dow Constantine on the nine-member council.
The Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust has completed the construction of a new trail, a topographically diverse two-mile trek that extends from behind the Vashon Community Care Center and along Shinglemill Creek to the stream’s terminus at Fern Cove.
Two Island efforts are under way to collect warm clothes for the homeless this month.
King County roads workers completed major repairs on Dockton Road last week, affixing 120 anchors to the outside of its wooden seawall to keep it from failing.
The Vashon Chamber of Commerce plans to leave Courthouse Square and lease an office in town — a move, chamber officials say, that will enable it to better serve both visitors and chamber members.