More than 50 people turned out for a demonstration at Glacier Northwest’s construction site on Maury Island early Monday morning, chanting and waving handmade placards to voice opposition to an industrial-sized pier and the mammoth mine it would facilitate.
More than 50 people showed up a stone’s throw from Glacier Northwest’s construction site on Maury Island early Monday morning in a show of opposition to the corporation’s industrial-sized pier and the mammoth gravel-mining operation it could facilitate
After one of the longest environmental battles in Vashon’s history, Glacier Northwest on Friday afternoon began laying booms in the waters surrounding its aging dock off the eastern rim of Maury Island — the first step in the construction of its controversial, 305-foot pier.
A tentative settlement in Dan McClary’s lawsuit against Water District 19 has been reached, giving the Federal Way developer permission to build a smaller version of his proposed motel but requiring that he undertake several water-conservation measures.
The Vashon Island school board, slated to take a final vote Monday night on its proposed $79 million high school makeover, deferred its decision until next week amid questions about how to potentially lower the costs of the ambitious plan.
Islanders have been responding in strong numbers to news that the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank is witnessing a significant rise in customers and a decrease in food supplies, the director of the food bank reports.
The Vashon Senior Center has decided to become an affiliate of the Vashon Park District, a move both entities say…
Islanders have been responding in strong numbers to news that the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank is witnessing a significant rise in customers and a decrease in food supplies, the director of the food bank reports.
King County’s budget woes will likely spell the end to Vashon’s only domestic abuse protection program, a small but important set of services provided by the Domestic Abuse Women’s Network (DAWN), administrators with the advocacy organization said Monday.
Parent Devon Atkins and her friend and colleague Joyce Victor, a therapist and group facilitator, plan to offer up their insights and personal stories and hear those of others when they hold three “facilitated conversations” this month and next about parenting children who are now in their 20s.
A standing-room only crowd of Islanders crammed into Courthouse Square’s meeting room Monday night to hear what many thought would be a spirited discussion about whether the King County Council followed the rules when it voted to rezone the K2 property last month.
When Vashon Island Fire & Rescue’s five commissioners hold a public hearing on Chief Hank Lipe’s first budget tomorrow night, they’ll have before them a $4.14 million budget that not only reflects the new fire chief’s priorities, but also a 4 percent decrease over last year’s budget.
The Vashon Island School Board, after months of discussion, analysis and debate, is ready to ask voters to approve a $79.45 million bond measure to fund a far-reaching makeover of the Island’s aging high school campus.
