I used to call our dog Terri the Terrific but Sometimes Terrible Terrier.
Now I call her Slumdog Millionaire.
A 62-year-old Vashon man was found dead near a trail in the Maury Island Regional Marine Park Wednesday afternoon.
Two Islanders working to develop the former K2 site into a commercial and community hub have approached school district officials with an offer — a state-of-the-art, fully developed high school at the site for $48 million.
Many Islanders will see something special in the larger-than-life mural that now adorns the north side of the U.S. Bank building.
Fourteen years ago, Sylvia Matlock and Ross Johnson transformed a sprawling jumble of blackberries into an artful nursery — where today a bounty of plants is interspersed among tiled birdbaths, colorful pots and the tiny purple building that houses their office.
When Rob Harmon had an energy audit done on his home a few years ago, he discovered that 43 percent of the heat from his garage-based furnace was getting lost between the garage and his house.
Vashon Island Fire & Rescue, facing a potential out-of-pocket judgment of more than $750,000, is considering appealing a recent King County Superior Court ruling that it discriminated against Islander Lanora Hackett.
By a near-unanimous vote and with scant discussion, Islanders at the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council (VMICC) meeting Monday night urged the King County Library System to keep the Vashon library branch in the town core.
Rep. Sharon Nelson (D-Maury Island) was chosen by the aides of her 62 fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives as the Legislator of the Year, lawmakers announced Thursday.
Vashon HouseHold is facing what executive director Sam Hendricks calls a serious “water intrusion” problem at its newly built and much-celebrated Eernisse Apartments, an affordable housing complex that is home to about 75 people.
Businessman Tom Bangasser lost round one in his effort to force King County to reverse its decision to rezone the K2 site when a quasi-judicial panel ruled he lacked the legal grounds to challenge the county’s move.
Some of the tenants at Vashon Village say they’re reeling from the news that the small colorful buildings that house their businesses might be razed, while others say they see the latest developments as a chance for new opportunities.
Forrest “Frosty” Wallace can’t use the front door in the wintertime in his small, two-bedroom apartment just west of the Vashon post office. Because of gaps between the door and its frame, he duct-tapes it shut during the cold months — his makeshift effort to keep the wind from blowing into his thin-walled unit.
