The King County Medical Examiner’s Office on Thursday identified the 59-year-old Vashon man pulled from the water off Luana Beach last Wednesday morning, April 6, and ruled his death a suicide.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue firefighters work to clean up after a deck caught fire at a home in the 19000 block of Ridge Road Thursday afternoon.
*Editors Note: This story is the first in a series profiling new and young farmers on Vashon. Young farmers are rare, with the USDA reporting the average age of farm operators nationwide is 58. The average age of a farmer in Washington State is 59.
Vashon’s medical offerings are expanding, as a new naturopathic medicine practice has opened in town just north of Luna Bella’s.
After providing food services to the state ferry system for years, two local companies are being replaced by a national corporation that will take over ferry food operations this summer.
Vashon’s volatile and expensive rental market is the undoing of many an island family who wishes to live on this rural island that 11,000 call home, but the tiny house movement that is sweeping the nation is helping a few islanders combat the problem.
A team of Conservation Corps members and officials from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources are continuing their efforts this week to remove creosote-soaked pilings and trash from the Maury Island Aquatic Preserve.
Officials consider closing fishing off Washington’s coast
Two and a half years ago, Vashon Island School District officials drafted a strategic plan to guide the district in achieving its mission of preparing students for life in an “ever-changing world.”
After multiple public meetings in past months discussing the addition of mountain biking trails to Dockton Forest, work is starting on the trails, but the public’s input is still needed.
After months of searching for a qualified administrator to be Chautauqua Elementary School’s principal, school district superintendent Michael Soltman announced Monday that the position will go to Rebecca Goertzel.
Vashon’s farming organization has begun the feasibility study for a proposed “food hub” to aggregate and prepare island food products for wholesale, and some island farmers are beginning to see potential for the facility and the growth of farming on the island.
Program aims to bring tech professionals into classrooms
