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Vashon secures millions in tight legislative budget

4 days ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

Pregnancy will no longer be a presumed exception to one’s wishes in their living will, thanks to state legislation spurred by advocacy from islander Hilary Emmer. Gov. Bob Ferguson last month signed that bill and many others at the close of the 2025 state legislative session. On Tuesday, May 20, he signed his first budget as governor into law, with few vetoes.
Class of 2025 rocks graduation

5 days ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

Vashon graduated 155 students of the class of 2025 on Saturday, June 14, rocking out at the end of their high school journey in the island’s annual graduation parade and ceremony. Many of them rolled down Vashon Highway early that afternoon, throwing candy, squirting water guns and hanging off the sides of cars covered with green and gold decorations.
Vashon says: ‘No Kings’

5 days ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

Vashon’s biggest group of demonstrators yet this year amassed at the island’s main four-way stop on Vashon Highway and Bank Road to decry the administration of President Donald Trump. The huge crowd — which first amassed in Ober Park before marching to the heart of Vashon town — eclipsed previous, similar protests from this year.
Vashon’s 2025 Unofficial Mayor candidates announced

1 week ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

What do a baby, a child, a raccoon and a anthropomorphic can of food have in common? They’re the four candidates for mayor — unofficially — of Vashon Island. The unofficial mayor’s race is a fundraiser for island nonprofits, which use the lighthearted competition to support and raise awareness about their work. The race is a major part of Strawberry Festival, the island’s largest celebration. The event is hosted annually by the Vashon Chamber of Commerce.
Maury man recovering after hatchet attack, spurred by mental crisis

1 week ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

A 78-year-old Maury Island man, hospitalized at Harborview Medical Center after suffering a hatchet attack to his skull and left hand, woke from surgery last week and asked if others, including his alleged attacker — a man undergoing a severe mental health crisis — were OK. King County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kevin Torrence, 52, on suspicion of that assault on Tuesday, June 3. Prosecutors say he struck the 78-year-old neighbor, gravely injuring him.
Health Care District shares Dispatch numbers, plans for board retreat

2 weeks ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

The Vashon Health Care District discussed plans for a board retreat at their May 21 board meeting to decompress, evaluate priorities and work on building stronger community connections. Conflicts with Vashon Island Fire & Rescue leadership over the launch of DispatchHealth amid VIFR’s Mobile Integrated Health strained relations between the two districts for months. Reflecting on those challenges, and others, led district superintendent Tim Johnson to propose the retreat.
An interview with Scot Zeller on his show, coming soon to Vashon

2 weeks ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | David Schmader

Scot Zeller’s early years were spent in Portland, Oregon, back when that now-progressive city’s understanding of homosexuality was as stunted as the rest of Reagan-era America.
As VISD mulls budget, new state law means more taxes collected

2 weeks ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

A new bill signed by the governor has paved the way for the Vashon Island School District to collect much more in property taxes for school purposes — just in time for the District’s budgeting process. VISD is set to take a second reading of its 2025-2026 budget on June 12. It coincides with a bill passed in the Legislature this year that will allow the district to collect more of they money Vashon taxpayers voted to allow it to collect — more than $700,000 more next year alone.
Islanders commemorate Memorial Day

3 weeks ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

Islanders commemorated and mourned U.S. service members — including locals Tom and Douglas “Ladd” Bacchus — at events across Vashon last weekend, attended by throngs of veterans and non-veterans alike. The Vashon Senior Center unveiled its restored memorial to the Bacchus brothers and other veterans of World Wat II on Sunday, May 25, to a crowd of about 100 people. The Bacchus family sent four sons to war, but, as the war neared its end, only two returned.
Inaugural heart screening helps VHS athletes

3 weeks ago | vashonbeachcomber.com | Alex Bruell

Four Vashon High School students learned they have cardiac anomalies — and several others that they have high blood pressure — thanks to a heart screening event Tuesday, May 20, at the high school. In total, 38 VHS students were screened as part of an inaugural student cardiac screening by the Sam Yates Community Foundation, said organizers. In December 2023, the foundation teamed up with the Nick of Time Foundation to offer electrocardiogram (ECG) screenings to 353 young islanders.