Last week, Vashon-Maury Island Basin Steward Greg Rabourn and a team of King County Department of Natural Resources employees placed multiple logs in the Judd Creek estuary in an attempt to create a healthy habitat.
The Vashon Golf & Swim Club owes more than $36,000 in delinquent property taxes, leading the club’s proprietary members to institute a first-of-its-kind assessment to all members to help make up the difference.
With revised discipline policies, administrators at all three of Vashon’s public schools are changing the way they discipline students by focusing on having conversations and rebuilding relationships.
Amid King County Metro’s efforts to determine which transit alternatives can be brought to Vashon, the department has reinstated Sunday bus service 16 years after it was discontinued.
King County’s water taxi system is running on the last of its financial reserves and is awaiting the approval of a budget that could bring in the funds necessary to preserve service.
*Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a series that will profile unique people and groups participating in the Passport to Pain ride this September.
The Vashon Senior Center on Friday afternoon will be filled with the iconic voices of musical legends Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole as islanders sing along to classic musical tunes.
Nearly 25 percent of Vashon Island School District students qualify for free or reduced meals, and now a group of islanders is stepping in to make sure these students are fed on the weekends.
The King County Fire Marshal on Friday announced a fire safety burn ban is in effect for all unincorporated areas of the county, meaning only small outdoor fires are allowed until the ban is lifted.
*Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a series leading up to the Passport to Pain event in September that will profile unique people and groups in the ride.
Members of the Vashon Rock Riders 4-H Club acquitted themselves well at the King County Fair in Enumclaw, coming home with a myriad of blue ribbons.
Weeks after Vashon Youth & Family Services was forced to cut back staff hours due to financial issues, the organization has received $80,000 from King County to help fund its behavioral health programs.
King County officials announced last week that the county will create a permanent Immigrant and Refugee Commission to assist foreign-born residents.
