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KPFD says it responds on average to six or seven calls in a 24-hour period, often with multiple units.
KPFD Closes Budget Gap, Considers Key Center Property Plans and Gathering Public Input
Key Peninsula Fire District 16 has closed an anticipated year-end budget gap and is making slow progress developing plans for the Key Center real estate it acquired at the end of last year, according … more
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Subject of Bryan's first-place-winning story, Boden Clark faces off on lacrosse field.
KP News Wins Top State Awards Five Years Running
KP News staff and contributors earned 14 awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 2022 Better Newspaper Contest. more
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Nine candidates running for four offices addressed residents.
Candidates Hold Forth, Answer Questions at Oct. 11 Forum
The 18th semi-annual candidate forum took place before a crowd of 100 or more at the Key Peninsula Civic Center October 11, and was mostly civil but for the behavior of one participant. The … more
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KP Community Services Plans To Serve for Years To Come With Help From Recent Grants
Key Peninsula Community Services Executive Director Willow Eaton can pretty much sum up the current economics of a nonprofit food bank in one sentence: “The demand is up, but the supply is … more
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Hannah Lekson, in her inaugural season at the helm of the Peninsula Seahawks girls basketball team, is taking over a young program looking to be regulars in the 3A state tournament annually. Lekson was a four-year season assistant for the Seahawks before being named head coach in June.
New PHS Girls Basketball Coach Wants Seahawks Soaring to New Heights
In 2018, Hannah Lekson had an itch she just couldn’t scratch. It had been a little more than two years since her last game with the University of Puget Sound Loggers womens basketball team. … more
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Congregants file out of their new facility on a recent Sunday.
WayPoint South Finds the Key to Home Through Grace on the Peninsula
Pastor Mark Klingler opened the new doors of WayPoint South for worship September 4 at the former location of Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church on McEwan Road NW and Key Peninsula Highway NW. … more
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KP Residents Seek Alternatives to Broadband Internet
Key Peninsula residents have turned to wireless hotspots and satellite service for solutions to inadequate internet access as Pierce County’s plan to expand access to broadband moves forward. … more
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Rural life on the Key Peninsula can mean making compromises, but not on internet connection.
More High-Speed Internet Comes to the Key Peninsula, But Only for Some on the North End
In October Pierce County plans to sign a contract with a broadband franchise to provide high speed internet service through a privatized fiberoptic network to 526 households on the north Key … more
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“There’s so many factors that come into play. Maybe the native bees have been killed off by backyard folks spraying the previous summer for yellow jackets.”
Soggy Spring and Low Pollination Lead to Low Fall Fruit
The fruit harvest will be low in home orchards across the Key Peninsula this year. more
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Barber Nita Garnier also offers hot shaves with a straight razor.
Cutting Out: KC Corral Barbershop Closing Its Doors
Inside the light blue building of the Key Center Corral is an inconspicuous barbershop with an identity problem. more
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Derek Young has been a fixture in local politics for 25 years.
Pierce County Council Member Derek Young Retires from Politics for Unknown Future
His final term ends in January 2023. more
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Rep. Norm Dicks made a career of small steps to stay in the long game and hopes others are paying attention to the road ahead.
A Conversation with Norm Dicks: ‘To Do the Right Thing’
If you’re from around here, Norm Dicks needs no introduction. more
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A load of humanitarian aid bound for Kharkiv from the people of Chernylyava Refugee Center, Ukraine.
Local Animal Rescuer Is Home From the War, for Now
When the first Russian artillery shell hit, Tom Bates realized he’d made a mistake. more
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Seahawk Cole Muilenburg (11) and teammates celebrate the win.
Peninsula Seahawks Win Fish Bowl 44 — 7th Straight Victory for 23 Out of 44
The Peninsula High School Seahawks beat the Gig Harbor Tides 39-30 at the 44th Annual Fish Bowl September 16 at Roy Anderson Field, notching their seventh consecutive win and 23rd overall since the first hometown rivalry tournament was played in 1979. more
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Diseased Douglas fir trees are typically rotten inside.
Trees Come Down at Camp Seymour to Improve the Forest
In 2018 the top broke off a tall Douglas fir and fell into YMCA Camp Seymour’s amphitheater, smashing several rows of benches and destroying the fire pit ring. No campers were present at the … more
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New PHS Principal Mike Benoit.
A Familiar Face Takes Over at Peninsula High School
Peninsula High School got a new principal August 3 when the district chose Mike Benoit … more
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Live music in front of Sunnycrest Nursery Florist & Décor.
Annual Art Walk Returns
Key Center bustled with color and live music amid strong winds as the seventh annual Key Center Art Walk kicked off. more
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Shelling in Tsyrkuny. “We had just left that location 10 minutes earlier. Then it was shelled. I’m guessing the Russian drones had been on top of us all day,” Bates said.
A Local’s Update: Letter from Ukraine
I am in Kharkiv and have experienced three missile attacks that have shaken the house I’m in. This just happened 20 minutes ago. more
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It takes a village to build a village, even a small one.
Church Works to Address Homeless Crisis by Building
For nine days in the beginning of August, members of the Lakebay Community Church banded together to build a tiny house at the Red Barn in Key Center. more
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Kasyn Mason is always ready to wrestle his dad in their backyard ring.
Wrestling Dreams Come True as Local Man Turns Passion into Profit
North West Pro Wrestling owner trying to return his promotion to pre-pandemic glory. more
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