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Dramatic End to Attempted County Health Dept. Takeover
A Pierce County Council attempt to terminate the 48-year-old agreement governing the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and place it under its own control came to an abrupt end Dec 15. more
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Many hands make light work as FB4K volunteers sort, pack and load food into waiting cars.
Backpacks for Kids Steps Up in Time of Need
Food Backpacks 4 Kids, now just over a decade old, transformed during the pandemic. In a matter of months, the organization more than doubled the amount of food going to families. more
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COVID-19 testing includes the very youngest of Peninsula students.
COVID-19 Testing Puts PSD in Groundbreaking Role
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department launched a COVID-19 pilot testing program at three school districts in the county in December, including Peninsula, White River and Eatonville. more
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Miracle of Seeds
By January gardens are put to rest. Beds are cleared, mulch is spread. In the comfort of winter life spent indoors, people begin to dream and plan for the coming spring. It is a time to cozy up with what, for an avid gardener, may be better than a good novel. more
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Veteran PSD bus drivers Louise Wick (left) and Dee Hendrix await kindergartners and first-graders from Evergreen.
PSD School Opening Plans Continue on a Rocky Course
If there is one certainty about deciding how or if to open schools to students in the midst of a pandemic, it is this: Nothing is certain. The experience of the Peninsula School District has been no exception. more
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Tree Therapy
This year has not been easy. A pandemic. Unprecedented partisan divisions. And now a holiday season, already fraught for many, made more complicated by COVID-related restrictions. Not to mention that the Pacific Northwest is deep in the dark days of winter. None of this bodes well for mental health. more
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Emilie Marchio’s kindergarten class pledges allegiance to the flag with Principal Barabe via Zoom.
Vaughn Elementary Welcomes K-1 Back to School
Emilie Marchio, who has taught kindergarten at Vaughn Elementary School for six years, was delighted to welcome more than a dozen 5-year-olds to class. “I love it. As strange and weird as it … more
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Vaughn Elementary kindergartner Hanna Forseth walks to class Oct. 16.
COVID-19 Spike Forces PSD Back to Remote Learning, Closing Classrooms Again
The Peninsula School District plan to invite more students back to in-person learning in November stalled Oct. 23 when, in response to record-setting COVID-19 infections in the county, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department advised schools to cease classroom instruction. more
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Hope Recovery Center Won’t Build on KP
The five-year dream of building a residential addiction treatment center on the Key Peninsula ended in August when the nonprofit Hope Recovery Center board of directors withdrew its application for a conditional use permit. more
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Algae Bloom Cause of Summer Stench on Burley Lagoon
Residents of Burley Lagoon reported a stench in mid to late August that reminded some of the clam die-off on Rocky Bay last summer. more
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Local Effort to Bring Broadband to Key Peninsula
Mark Cockerill joined the Key Peninsula Community Council as a director last fall with no idea that he would soon dive into the abyss of local broadband access, or lack thereof, on the KP. … more
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KPFD Receives Grant to Expand Local Health Care
The Key Peninsula Fire Department received grant funding earlier this year to proactively work with residents who are high frequency 911 users. The program is intended to provide early interventions … more
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Naturopath Establishes Practice on the Key Peninsula
Carrie Phillips, a licensed naturopathic doctor, saw her first patient at Blue Spark Health in late December on the KP. Soon after her opening, the pandemic hit, with a slowdown in calls and visits, … more
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Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Maia Espinoza speaks at a rally to fully reopen schools Aug. 13 across from the construction site of Elementary No. 9 on Harbor Hill Drive in Gig Harbor.
County Mandates Virtual School; Most Parents Want In-Person Teaching
UPDATE: The Peninsula School District announced Sept. 4 that in-person classroom instruction will begin Sept. 21 for K-1 students with remote learning options available. It has since been delayed to Sept. 28. more
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Blooming Foxglove catches light along the forest edge.
Toxic Plants in the Garden and Beyond
The list of plants that can harm you, your child or your pet is enough to strike terror into any heart. Hemlock was famously used to execute Socrates. Deadly nightshade, mistaken for edible berries, … more
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Rydell captured in her studio.
Brynn Rydell Featured in Virtual Art Studio Tour
“It went systemic. It took my whole mind, body and soul. Nothing could interfere with the concentration of it.” That is how Brynn Rydell described her first experience making glass … more
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Census Deadline Extended to Oct. 31
The 2020 U.S. Census survey started in March and the response rate from the Key Peninsula is significantly lower than it is in the rest of the Tacoma census area. more
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Superintendent Art Jarvis celebrates the seniors during the drive-through graduation cap and gown distribution at PHS May 11.
Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund Awards More than $300,000
Much was celebrated May 20 when 166 Peninsula High School graduating seniors, 62 from the Key Peninsula, were awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships from the Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund. more
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Key Pen Produce Express Brings Fresh Food to Key Peninsula
Thanks to the dedication of a Key Peninsula couple, a simple post on a few Facebook pages has brought more than 25 tons of produce to Key Peninsula homes and food banks. And more is likely on the way. more
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Crabbing South of Narrows Bridge Closed for Third Year
Although Gov. Jay Inslee has lifted fishing restrictions in the state due to COVID-19 concerns, crabbing in South Puget Sound will likely remain closed to all crab harvesting for the third year in a row. more
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