The Vashon Loop

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the current virus statistics here on Vashon, and the staggering list of state and local, health and safety requirements that would have to be met in order to operate...

Vashon Island’s VashonBePrepared volunteer emergency response group has launched a major fundraising effort to expand relief to rural Vashon Island residents and businesses. The Vashon COVID Relief Fund distributed $25,000 in late April to...

Crumbling up newspapers to start a fire in the wood stove this morning, I came across the Seattle Times issue of March 2, 2020. The headline reads: “2nd U.S. coronavirus death in King County; more...

“When the little red bumps appeared with a fever, Mom would segregate our dishes and silverware, so the rest of the family wouldn’t get the measles.  If two of us came down with it,...

Now that flowers are blossoming, both wild ones and the garden variety, we’re hearing a lot more sneezing, and experiencing more stuffy noses and clogged sinuses.  Relatives and friends call in to report seasonal...

Recently, for at least a day, oil companies in West Texas had to pay $37/ barrel to get somebody to take their oil!  It has since gone back to having a positive value of...

“Millions of chickens, pigs and cattle will be depopulated because of the closure of our processing facilities, Tyson writes. The food supply chain is breaking.” Just a little more than a year and a half...

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the state’s social-distancing guidelines, the Vashon-Maury Chamber of Commerce is announcing that the 111th annual Vashon Island Strawberry Festival, scheduled to be held July 17-19, 2020, will...

Vashon Island’s VashonBePrepared volunteer emergency response group is starting a major fundraising effort to expand relief to the 10,000 rural Vashon Island residents. The Vashon COVID Relief Fund distributed $25,000 in one week in...

I have decided to share my plans, such as they are, should I develop symptoms of having caught CoVid-19. Not because I have any expertise with this virus or have any medical expertise to...

“Hey Kit, do you wanna see the eyes of a clam?” The bucket of fresh clams was in the shade in a corner of the wood shed and the clams were squirting water out...

The Voice of Vashon is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Dowling to the position of Executive Director, replacing Lisa Breen who is stepping down to spend more time with her family. “We...