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 ...

Water District 19’s new policy would allow commissioners to set some water shares aside for “special uses,” including ...

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 ...

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 ...