King County has purchased two properties north of KVI Beach as part of its ongoing effort to protect a long stretch of naturally eroding bluffs and an imperiled salt marsh located at the beach, the best and largest one in the region.
Nirvana, a new Indian restaurant that will occupy the high-traffic corner where the Spice Route operated for four years, will open Friday night, offering what owner Rohit Sharma calls “very authentic” Indian food.
Vashon resident Brian Dublin, a man whom King County prosecutors describe as a serial rapist, was convicted Thursday of two counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and three counts of burglary in King County Superior Court.
Vashon School District officials inadvertently scheduled significant public school events on two of the holiest days in the Jewish faith this fall, raising concern among Vashon’s small Jewish community and eliciting a pledge from the district that it won’t happen again.
Curt Noah, a Vashon man with deep roots on the Island, was killed Thursday in an accident that occurred while he was felling a tree in the woods off of Old Mill Road, according to his friends and family.
The pedestrian-only boat between Vashon and Seattle will be able to carry more passengers on its six daily sailings next year, helping to alleviate at-capacity crossings that have left some riders standing on the dock.
Islanders are beginning to express concerns to King County officials about County Executive Dow Constantine’s decision to let hundreds of miles of roads deteriorate due to the county’s deepening financial problems.
For the first time in more than a decade, Vashon Junior Civic Ballet won’t be producing “The Nutcracker” this winter due to a painful dispute that has riven the company and put a temporary halt to the Island’s only free ballet program.
Dr. Sjardo Steneker closed Vashon Family Practice on Friday, laying off a few employees and marking the end of the clinic’s seven-year history on the Island.
Water District 19 has given Pacific Research its first-ever Conservation Champion Award, a commendation the company received because of its effective use of rainwater to irrigate its landscaping, according to the water utility.
Water District 19’s Beall Well quietly went online last month, six years after Vashon’s largest water purveyor began working to develop the source in an effort to respond to a multi-year moratorium for new shares.
Vashon businessman Tom Bangasser will not purchase The Loop after all, according to Steven Allen, publisher and editor of the twice-monthly paper.
Lyman Houghton, a Vashon man charged with starting the Christmas Day fire that destroyed his 31-foot sailboat two years ago, was found guilty of first-degree arson Friday after a week-long hearing in King County Superior Court.
