It’s a small part of the deal — the fact that Vashon Sand & Gravel gets a 10-year extension on its lease. But to Islanders who buy their gravel at the modest operation on Maury Island, as well as to the seven men and women who work there, it’s no small matter at all.
Thousands of Islanders lost power Monday after a windstorm with gusts up to 55 mph swept across the region, bringing…
Sharon Nelson, a state lawmaker who’s been battling Glacier Northwest’s expansion plans on Maury Island for more than a decade, teared up shortly before a news conference Wednesday announcing King County’s anticipated purchase of the 236-acre mine site.
For the past few decades, a small group of men and women with an engineering bent and a determination to…
Nearly 1,000 people voted for candidates for the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council’s board of directors, selecting the following to serve…
Washington State Ferries — faced with a mandate to shave $17 million from its budget — has proposed service reductions on both the north and south ends of Vashon that will likely mean longer lines for Island commuters.
Skip Luhr lives in a tiny apartment crammed with books, and from the looks of it, there’s not quite enough room for both him and his extensive library. Encyclopedias, novels, dictionaries, even textbooks from his days as an engineering student line nearly every wall of his small unit.
With the completion of Mukai Commons, Vashon HouseHold’s latest project, the affordable housing organization finds itself in an unusual situation: For the first time in years, it doesn’t have another project in the pipeline.
The streets of Vashon town were given over to spooks, ghouls, goblins and fairies who emerged en masse Saturday night, many toting umbrellas to protect themselves from a near-constant drizzle.
A few weeks ago, fans were told, the Pirates fell out of the running for the state playoffs, having lost one too many games to gain a berth. The rest of the season might be fun and exciting, observers said, but the coveted chance to win a title was no longer at hand.
Joe Fitzgibbon appears to have handily defeated Mike Heavey for the House seat representing the 34th Legislative District, a large swath that includes Vashon Island, West Seattle and Burien.
Islander Benjamin McNair was charged Wednesday with four counts of burglary for a string of break-ins on Vashon that allegedly took place over the course of two weeks in September, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
Nearly $18,000 in back taxes have been paid on the Mukai Farmhouse and it’s no longer for sale, suggesting to those close to the situation that former Islander Mary Matthews is trying to find a way to protect the historic asset.
