News

Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber on MSN5d
As VISD mulls budget, new state law means more taxes collected
A new bill signed by the governor has paved the way for the Vashon Island School District to collect much more in property ...
This Part of the U.S. Was a Hotbed of Serial Killers in the 1970s. One Writer Thinks She’s Figured Out Why.
Growing up on Washington state’s Mercer Island in the 1960s and ’70s, the writer Caroline Fraser got used to hearing people ...
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber on MSN5d
Federal funding cuts cause financial unease for island nonprofits
The House is moving forward with unprecedented cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The recent legislative ...
Flying boats make for a rare sight as Washington clears an island of derelict vessels by helicopter
The Washington Department of Natural Resources has been using one of its firefighting helicopters to haul abandoned boats off an uninhabited island in the southernmost reaches of Puget Sound this week ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN16h
How America’s Forgotten Second National Park Lost Its Federal Status—and Gained a New Lease on Life as a State Park
Much of Mackinac Island was designated as a national park in 1875, but it proved to be too expensive for the government to maintain, so it was transferred to the State of Michigan in 1895 ...
The Washington Post5d
Middle East conflict
Some Jewish leaders object to Trump’s connecting his travel ban to the Boulder attack, saying it dilutes concerns about increasing antisemitism. Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gadi Haggai were killed ...
The Olympian3d
Politics & Government
The girls’ mother is also calling for reforms to the state’s AMBER Alert system.