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For naturalist Chris Rurik, seeing this native snake made for a giddy moment and his first ever chance to hang out with a rubber boa.
A Rare Encounter with a Local But Near-Mythical Snake
The rubber boa is a non-venomous, constrictor snake native to the American West, known for its smooth, velvety skin, slow-moving behavior, and unique defensive tactics. more
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Scott Stone kicking the ball around at Volunteer Park with Harbor Soccer kids Emma, age 6, and Landon, age 8. Tina McKail, KP News
KP Native Named New Director of Harbor Soccer
Scott Stone, the new director for Harbor Soccer Club’s Key Peninsula recreational, program wants his coed players to learn the fundamentals of soccer and have enough fun that they want to continue playing the sport. more
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Ad for the first steamer service between Tacoma and points on Henderson Bay.
Early Settlers on the Key Peninsula: The Dawn of the Present
Just nine years after the Treaty of Medicine Creek in 1854, Isaac Pennypacker Hawk of Olympia filed the first claim on the Key Peninsula. more
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Stephanie Brooks gets some exercise while enjoying a walk with her beloved dog, Porter.
Business Owner and KP Advocate Renews Her Lease on Life
Stephanie Brooks, the owner of Gnosh food truck knew something didn’t feel right the week before Christmas. She was suffering from a heart attack that helped shift her priorities. more
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Say hello to your state flower.
The Rhythm of Rhododendrons and Their Annual Call for Pruning
Mid-spring marks the starting line for the crucial race against nature’s clock. It’s the second installment of the pruning season when spring flowering shrubs become the object of my garden fixations. more
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You can successfully grow your own asparagus in gardens on this side of the Cascades with a little patient tending.
Asparagus: Welcome to Spring and Let Us Aspire to Green Glory
My appreciation for asparagus took time to develop. I was a child of the 1950s, a time when vegetables were overcooked or canned.Hardly a winning combination for asparagus. Not to mention what … more
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‘Father and Son: A Memoir’ by Jonathan Raban, His Final Journey
The great travel writer Jonathan Raban survived a stroke while sitting at his Seattle dinner table one evening with his 18-year-old daughter, Julia. more
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Peninsula High School Boys Lacrosse Co-Captains Elliot Gillam and Robby Akulschin during practice. FILE PHOTO
Tides Take Bragging Rights With Baggataway Bowl Win
Gig Harbor Lacrosse brings home the Fire Stick Trophy for the first time since 2016. more
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Plant french radish seeds in April and experience the joy of a delicious uprising.
Build Your Garden Now! Now, I Say! It Can’t Build Itself Even If It Wants To!
You have earth for the taking, full of everything a plant needs. more
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What America Ate (Even Before It Could Spell, Punctuate or Conjugate)
Just like a novel, reading cookbooks has been a lifelong love of mine. While my cookbook collection has diminished over the years, thanks in part to both the internet and a need to downsize, it is … more
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Hall Schmidt #14 congratulates Joshua Hinkel on his TD in Fish Bowl 43.
Ex-Prep Stars React to Conference Realignment; Fish Bowl Moves to Tacoma
Key Peninsula News spoke with former Peninsula and Gig Harbor High School student athletes about their opinions on recent changes in PSD athletics. more
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‘The Lost Upland: Stories of Southwestern France’
I no longer remember when I first encountered the poems of W.S. Merwin, but it was likely in some snooty magazine back in the 1980s I had no business reading. Once discovered, I sought out his poetry … more
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PHS junior Mira Sonnen is the first-ever girls wrestling state champion in school history.
State Champ Mira Sonnen Draws Strength From Memories
Mira Sonnen is in awe of high school wrestling at the Tacoma Dome. The junior 140-pounder on the Peninsula Seahawks girls wrestling team found a spot near the mat to take in the atmosphere of … more
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Tessa Booth is going for the gold with Girl Scouts.
High School Junior Writes Mental Health Manual for Peers
Tessa Booth is a 17-year-old junior at Peninsula High School preparing to publish her first book, a mental health manual, “You Are Not Alone" as the culmination for her Gold Award for Girl Scouts. more
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Early spring nettles spotted along the trail.
Nettles and Their Butterflies in a Frenetic Spring
Watch a nettle emerge from the spring soil and tell me it doesn’t remind you of a butterfly crawling from its chrysalis. more
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Hay stacking day. Joseph Easley in red shirt.
Local Family Builds Shelters for Moroccan Earthquake Victims
A church-sponsored trip to Morocco led the Easley family to decades of relief work in a country they grew to love. Their work is focused on building earthquake-proof housing for those in greatest need. more
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The bread is modest, but I am not.
Good Bread for Bad Cooks: It’s Not You, It’s Everything You’re Doing
As with most people who are good at eating, I also cook a bit. And like most of those people, there are a few things I cook well, more I do OK, and some I should never try again. more
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“There’s a lot of negative energy around running, so if we can show them at a young age that it can be fun, I feel like they’ll want to do it more.”
PHS Star Athlete Gives Elementary Kids a Running Start
The perennial top-10 finisher at the state cross-country state championships teaches students at Swiftwater Elementary the basics of running through fun activities and exposure to the sport. more
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Drone shot of the rare and mystical agarikon safely out of reach on an old growth fir.
Legendary 'Ghost Bread' Mushroom Discovered on the Key Peninsula
It was around New Year’s when Adam DeLeo made the discovery. Cabin fever propelled him into a local forest he had only visited once or twice and wanted to know better. more
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Peninsula High School Boys Lacrosse Co-Captains Elliot Gillam and Robby Akulschin during practice.
Peninsula Lacrosse Takes Aim at State Title
Co-captains Robby Akulschin and Elliot Gillam expect big things this spring from the Peninsula High School lacrosse team. more
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