King County Councilmember Larry Phillips on Thursday called for redirecting money from the county’s newly created ferry district and putting those funds instead into the county’s cash-strapped regional bus service.
Islander Gene Amondson, 65, an artist, preacher and two-time presidential candidate, died at Harborview Medical Center on Monday, July 20, two days after officiating the marriage of a couple at Fern Cove and spending time at Strawberry Festival.
The main candidates for King County executive debated in Bellevue on Thursday with the primary election just more than a month away.
Though real estate activity has picked up in the last month, Vashon-based real estate agents remain braced for another tough year.
Two Islanders joined the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council executive board last week, filling seats vacated by departing board members in the past two months.
Cage fighting, a fast-growing and controversial sport, made its first appearance on Vashon during Strawberry Festival, drawing a huge crowd but also triggering complaints, a brawl and visits by authorities.
Island organizations have partnered with the county to help people fix up their houses.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue officials hope Islanders will turn out to meet the finalists in the department’s search for an assistant chief.
One hundred years after the Strawberry Festival first began on Vashon, the event seems to be coming full circle, with an increased focus on Island artists, groups and businesses.
Concerned that several businesses are “hanging on by a thread,” the Vashon-Maury Chamber of Commerce has hired an Island-based public relations firm to craft a broad-based plan to figure out how to bring more tourists to Vashon.
Wolftown founder T Martino, an artist, author and educator, has risen to challenges big and small at the nonprofit wildlife sanctuary in the last 11 years.
School administrators have put forward a scaled-back version of a bond measure to rebuild Vashon High School — one that…