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• King County, Seattle to take on unhoused organization following audit
  The King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) is in need of an overhaul after an April 2026 audit found a $45 million deficit.

• A golden age, or a gilded age? | In Focus
  The most-well off are benefiting from the middle- and lower-class.

• Arts Briefs | July 2 edition
  Summer arts fest 2026

• World Cup crowds smash records across Seattle
  In nearly every category of transportation, records were broken.

• Pity poor Meta, suffering so in WA | The Free Press initiative
  A $35 million penalty upheld against the company for violating political advertising transparency laws.

• Cal Poly honors Sean Hillman with posthumous degree
  Three years after Sean Ogawa Hillman was struck and killed while bicycling near his college campus, his parents walked across a Cal Poly commencement stage to accept the degree he would have earned this month, according to a release from the universi …

• Unofficial Mayor race kicks off
  On Vashon, the road to political glory may run through a whale skeleton, an office dog, a strawberry and a whole lot of one-dollar votes.

• News Briefs | July 2 edition
  VISD bond planning survey

Find out when School Schedules change due to weather

Direct link to the Vashon School District Emergency Information – Snow/Weather Schedule changes page can be found here. http://flashalert.net/news.html?id=4288

Stay updated on most King County Schools here: Public Schools Emergency Communication System. www.schoolreport.org

South Sound and Kitsap School information can be found here: www.pugetinfo.net/

Puget Sound Tide Tables 3 Tide tables for Vashon	National Weather Service Doppler Radar and Vashon forecast

Extended Forcast and more Current Weather Conditions on the New Weather Page

Vashon Be Prepared – Voice of Vashon – Update

Whenever something happens that you need to know about, we’ll get it out there for you. Stay tuned, Stay warm, stay safe, and stay tuned to VoV Standing By at 1650 am on your AM radio dial.

Do you know what to do? What would you do if your home were damaged so bad you could not stay there? How would you cope with the power being out for seven days or longer? How would you help your neighbor? Making sure that not only you are ready but so will your pets. www.VashonBePrepared.org

BBC News

• Teenage boy injured in Birmingham shooting
  The boy was taken to hospital with "potentially life-threatening" gunshot injuries.

• At least 13 killed in large-scale Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv
  Russia launched its biggest strikes on the city in weeks with children among the "significant number" of casualties, Ukrainian officials say.

• Will Britain's final four lift Wimbledon gloom?
  In her first BBC Sport column at this year's Wimbledon, Naomi Broady analyses whether the last four Britons in the singles can further lift the gloom.

• Watch: People smuggler tracked down and confronted by BBC
  A convicted people smuggler is living in Leicestershire and seeking asylum while working illegally, the BBC can reveal.

• People smuggler convicted in France now seeking asylum in UK, BBC discovers
  Once described as "the godfather" of French migrant camps, he has been working in a Leicestershire village.

• 'Two weeks after her death I got a call': Gaza patients face agonising delays for evacuation
  An estimated 300 Palestinians referred for treatment abroad have died since the ceasefire began, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

• 'I spent $6,000 on a World Cup trip but was left stranded at the gate'
  Hundreds of fans who bought World Cup tickets on resale site StubHub say they have had them cancelled at the last minute.

• 'Beautiful and terrible' – the world's thoughts on America at 250
  From Brazil to India to Egypt, the BBC asked people across the world what they think of America today.