Key Peninsula News

KP News Wins Record-breaking 25 Statewide Awards

Key Peninsula News staff and contributors shattered their own record Oct. 7 by earning 25 awards at the statewide Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 2023 Better Newspaper Contest.

Whiteman Cove Restoration to Begin in 2024

Restoration of salmon habitat at Whiteman Cove is set to begin in 2024, following a $6.9 million appropriation in the state capital budget.

Local Actor William Michael Paul on His New Film ‘Kola’

Fourth-Grader Graduates from Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor

YouTube Farmers on the Key Peninsula

KP Cooks

The Miracle of Risotto

KP Reads

A History of Free Speech

Into the Wild

Three Birds That Follow Rivers

Local News

Election Update: Former KPFD Chief Announces Write-in Candidacy for Fire Commission

Retired Key Peninsula Assistant Fire Chief Hal Wolverton registered with the Pierce County Auditor’s office as a write-in candidate Oct. 5 for fire commission position No. 3, opposing incumbent …

New Teen Mental Health First Aid Classes Come to PSD

The last scheduled class for Teen Mental Health First Aid was completed Aug. 18 at the Key Peninsula Fire Department. Eleven of the 16 teens who began the class were present to complete the 90-minute …

Pierce County Funds a Free Holiday Weekend Shuttle for the KP

Thanks largely to efforts by Pierce County Councilmember Robyn Denson (D-7th, Gig Harbor), Key Peninsula residents will be able to take a holiday weekend shuttle between the Longbranch Improvement …

PHS Girls Basketball Gearing Up for Another SSC Title Run

Run it back but with a few tweaks. That’s how the defending South Sound Conference champion Peninsula Seahawks girls basketball team is looking at the 2023-24 season.

PHS Boys Basketball Looks to Bounce Back

Here’s the good news for the Peninsula Seahawks boys basketball team: Cole Muilenburg, the team’s 6-foot, 6-inch senior guard who suffered a leg injury during last football season and …

Seahawks Wrestlers Eager to Get Back on the Mat — Boys and Girls Both

The Peninsula Seahawks boys and girls wrestling teams look to start their season building on the success they had at the 2023 WIAA State Wrestling Mat Classic last February. …

Susan Arends: Bringing Fresh Produce to the Community

“I’m a Pisces,” said Susan Arends. “I go with the flow.”

When is the Best Time to Buy a House on the KP?

Home prices on the Key Peninsula skyrocketed during the pandemic and post-pandemic interest rates continue to soar.

Out & About November 2023

Here's What I Think About That

Calendars, Awards and Unicorns

“You know, there really is a lot of great stuff going on here.”

Peninsula Views

Class, Despair and ‘The Maple Cutter’

Fellow KPers — get thee to YouTube and watch “The Maple Cutter,” a 2023 documentary by Daniel Hoffman and Lynn M. Thomas.

Lead With Humanity

Blackberries in Heaven

Banned but Not Forgotten

We Live Here

Post Equinox

Graphic notes on local life.

Letters to the Editor

Fire Commissioners on the Ballot

I encourage all voters to cast their ballots for two very deserving candidates for fire commissioner positions. Shawn Jensen, position No. 3, has been a fire commissioner for the past seven …

Wolverton Write-in for Position 3

Fire Commissioner, Position 3 Race

'EV Power to the People' — Green Energy Robs People

Reading the Tea Leaves

Obituaries

Robert Boll

Stephen Owen

Elizabeth Jane Thompson