The key revision we’re proposing is that new water unit assignments won’t be finalized until applicants complete their ...

Thousands of visitors come to Vashon for a week or two during spring and summer. Your guests might be relatives or friends, ...

The Beachcomber is a signatory to a regional letter on local news.

Good news on the latter: A new baby, J63, has been spotted travelling with J Pod. The child is believed to be the first calf of J40, according to reporting by The Seattle Times. Happily, recently born ...

Last week’s edition (4/10) of News Briefs gave an incorrect date for the then-upcoming Vashon Health Care District meeting. It was scheduled to take place April 16, not April 6. (The district’s ...

The April 11 rescue — on National Pet Day — happened very close to the same spot where just over one year ago, Vashon Island ...

Easter (April 20): Sunday service starts 10 a.m. Maundy Thursday (April 17): 5:30 p.m. supper, followed by 7 p.m. service.

The Washington state Senate on Monday, April 14, approved legislation to require a new state permit to buy guns. The debate ...

The new approach permanently increases the state’s primary business and occupation tax rates from 0.484% of gross proceeds to ...

The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at Vashon Theatre, with director Isaac Olsen and producer Rob ...

Shannon has recently returned for a month to Vashon (where she lived for seven years), and on April 19, she’ll perform her ...

Vashon is defined by many ethics — political activism and rural self-determination among them — but part of the island’s ...