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    Opinion
    Tina Shattuck
    Women hold the key hosts weekend of events
    November 12, 2025 10:30 am

    Women Hold the Key is thrilled to present three events that will illuminate women’s remarkable contributions to culture and confront…

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    Jim Diers Photo
Family ties, right to left: son Pooka (L106); matriarch Surprise! (L86); daughter Element (L125) and male Finn (L116), the grandson of matriarch Nugget (L55), who is the sister of Surprise.
    J, K and L Pods visit during Native...
    By Orca Annie Stateler • November 12, 2025 10:20 am

    Editor’s note: This account by Orca Annie Stateler, an Indigenous marine naturalist, researcher and founder of the Vashon Hydrophone Project,…

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    Peter Bergel
    Stop talking about “protests”
    November 4, 2025 10:50 am

    I am tired of hearing about “protests” and “protesters.” Those terms sound whiney and powerless to me.

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    Kennedy Leavens
    Vashon Schools Foundation hosts first gala and auction
    November 4, 2025 10:50 am

    What do a ride in the bookmobile, a spa date for your car, a 10-week sourdough subscription, four yards of…

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    Jim Diers Photo
A superpod of Southern Resident orca whales visited the waters around Vashon on Sunday.
    Shorter days, shifting deadlines
    November 4, 2025 10:30 am

    Daylight saving time has ended — and with it come 5 p.m. sunsets and dark Washington evenings. But the shift…

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    JC Graham
    Living among the brambles
    October 29, 2025 10:20 am

    Blackberry pie, blackberry jelly and jam, blackberry cobbler, blackberry ice cream, blackberries on yogurt, blackberry wine (and, oops, vinegar), blackberries…

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    The Beachcomber office is lined with a path of fallen leaves on Tuesday, Oct. 28. (Aspen Anderson Photo)
    Happy Halloween Eve
    October 29, 2025 9:50 am

    After the high winds and rain this weekend, fall seems to have spilled across the island. The roads are carpeted…

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    Sally Jean Fox
    Dancing Beyond Borders
    October 23, 2025 8:49 am

    What if we could all move together — one step forward, one step behind — into a shared sense of community?

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    Jennifer Hrachovec
    Road safety
    October 22, 2025 4:10 pm

    The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has a bold vision for zero deaths and serious injuries by 2030. In 2023, 810…

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    This wasn’t the photo that a Beachcomber reporter and the kid who calls her Grandma set out to take at the end of the Mariners game on Monday. (Elizabeth Shepherd Photo)
    You win some, you lose some
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • October 22, 2025 8:38 am

    We were all ready for a win of historic proportions, but we got something else, didn’t we?

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    Editorial: Time to vote
    Editorial: Time to vote
    October 15, 2025 1:30 pm

    Get informed about the contested races for board members of Vashon Health Care District and Vashon Island Fire Rescue.

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    Stephen Silha
    Commentary: Why I moved to Tacoma after 43...
    October 15, 2025 1:30 pm

    From Tacoma’s Point Ruston Waterwalk, I’m happily watching the Tahlequah ferry ply back and forth, not always on schedule.

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    Tim Johnson
    VHCD: Building a resilient infrastructure for island health
    October 15, 2025 1:00 pm

    In 2019, Vashon faced yet another primary care clinic shutdown.

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