July 4 began at dawn when a large crowd of 200 islanders showed up at Jensen Point to watch Vashon’s annual hydroplane race — ...

What kind of kids would head back to school during the first days of summer break to joyously spend more time in the school’s ...

This month’s art shows opened a day early on Vashon — instead of the usual First Friday gallery cruise, it came on Thursday, ...

The athletes of the Vashon Island Soccer Club have been enrolled in modified soccer for years, but only this season finally ...

Henry Tumwebaze and Judith Abenawe will visit the the island over Strawberry Festival weekend and share the story of their ...

Green Briefs is a regular series of commentaries by eco-leaders on Vashon, presented in The Beachcomber in partnership with ...

Mention “dock-to-dock” to one of the teens on the high school cross country team, and that means a tough training run from ...

As a young girl, Lisa Peretti auditioned for a part in Drama Dock’s very first production. She didn’t get it. Four and half ...

My mother-in-law, a defiantly positive person from the hard-luck town Flint, Michigan, used to tell us her favorite newspaper ...

Phil Clapham’s “Desert Island Bookworm” series features interviews with notable islanders about the books they’d take to a ...

This blow to Medicaid is a blow to rural communities like Vashon. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides ...

Last week’s editorial (“Leave the fireworks to the professionals”) said that the professional fireworks show on Vashon would occur that Thursday. That was, of course, incorrect; July 4 fell on a ...