7+ hour, 38+ min ago  (1712+ words) Published 5: 30 am Sunday, May 24, 2026 By Moe K. Clark Investigate West The outside of Henry M. Jackson High School on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Mill Creek, Washington. Joel Levin, the co-founder and director of programs for the Seattle-based nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault in Schools,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (295+ words) Published May 20, 2026 Shirley Ann Beasley, age 89, of Vashon Island, Washington, passed away on April 21, 2026, at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington. She was surrounded by her immediate family and loving husband of 60 years. Shirley relocated to Washington when she…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (681+ words) Published 1: 30 am Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter. Li Wessel as Macbeth in "The Comedy of Macbeth." Combining elements of horror, mystery and science fiction, the story explores the human emotions of love, family and grief in the digital…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (226+ words) Published 1: 30 am Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Phones are not just toys, and they are not just tools. For students, they are both. A phone can help a student remember an assignment, contact a parent, translate a word or document a lesson. It…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (295+ words) Published 1: 30 am Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Seeking a response to our national crisis, I find myself increasingly drawn into my local community. It seems to me that restoring our national ethics and saving our failing democracy requires us to disentangle from our…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1404+ words) Published 1: 30 am Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Community members left sticky-note responses during a May 14 forum on Vashon High School's cell phone policy. Forum responses on sticky notes. Sticky notes captured feedback on cell phone use. Sticky notes from the May 14 cell phone…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (345+ words) Published 11: 32 am Thursday, May 14, 2026 A 38-year-old Covington man faces a federal criminal complaint charge for allegedly harassing and attempting to harass an endangered Hawaiian monk seal by throwing a large rock at the seal's head, in violation of the Endangered…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1256+ words) Published 1: 30 am Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Crew members work at the Thunderbird Treatment Center site on a sunny May afternoon. Construction crew on the site of the new Thunderbird Treatment Center. A view of the Thunderbird Treatment Center from Vashon Highway. Thunderbird…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (325+ words) Published 1: 30 am Wednesday, May 13, 2026 By Susan Mc Cabe For The Beachcomber Fran Brooks manages the Senior Center's Village program where homebound seniors can connect with volunteers to help them with tasks at home that allow them to age in place....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (516+ words) Published 1: 30 am Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Vashon walkers Katie Rowley (L) and Mary Bergman (R) in hi-vis vests. It's May. Are you ready for summer? The warm weather has many of us outside in the garden, on a spring hike or taking a day…...