Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

10/13/2026

These endorsements do not affect The Beachcomber’s commitment to fair, objective and unbiased coverage of this island. Every candidate deserves the same journalistic standards. Every officeholder, including those we support, should expect scrutiny.

An elected office belongs to the people who depend on it. Every election is an opportunity to ask whether the person holding it is still meeting that obligation.

10/13/2026

News Briefs | Oct. 16

Island Center Forest deer hunt

10/13/2026

Vashon and Maury Islands have their share of landslide-prone areas, especially along shoreline bluffs and other areas with steep slopes. Most of these areas are primarily at risk of shallow landslides, but some are also at risk of deep-seated landslides. Learn more about how to identify slide-prone areas, and what you can do to reduce risk.

​​ ​News from VashonBePrepared

10/13/2026

Paul Bannick, an acclaimed author and photographer specializing in natural history, is returning to Vashon — this time to share images of four different owl species in four distinct habitats, revealing stories about their courtship, nesting, migration and more.

10/13/2026

A Vashon man accused of selling fentanyl to island residents has been sentenced to time served and ordered to complete substance use treatment.

Plea deal requires continued treatment after two drug convictions.

10/13/2026

On Oct. 8, Wubbold was named the 2026 Maritime Person of the Year by the Seattle Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Council of American Master Mariners. He accepted the honor during a luncheon at the Seattle Yacht Club, where fellow sea captains recognized his Coast Guard career, his weekly Voice of Vashon radio show and his commitment to passing maritime traditions to future generations.

Retired Coast Guard Capt. Joe Wubbold has commanded six ships, served during the Vietnam War, navigated Antarctic waters, earned a master’s degree from Cambridge University in England and even had a glacier named after him.

10/13/2026

It’s that time again for Vashon voters to decide who will represent them in Congress, Olympia and King County in the upcoming Nov. 3 general election.

10/13/2026

If the people of Vashon-Maury were to choose a mascot, one unique to this place, they might want to consider the humble hammerhead doto. Doto amyra is a tiny nudibranch (a shell-less marine snail also known as a sea slug) that lives on the hydroids growing on docks at Dockton Marina and the Quartermaster Yacht Club Marina.

Tiny hammerhead dotos thriving beneath island docks show subtle genetic differences that leave scientists with more questions to explore.

10/13/2026

One month into Vashon High School’s new cellphone policy, teachers and staff report less phone use as students adjust to days without easy access to their devices.

Students are expected to turn in phones, but administrators say devices kept off and put away aren’t a priority.

10/13/2026

More than five years after it was established, the Vashon Artist Residency has expanded its program, offering more opportunities for visiting artists to live and work on the island.