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The Newhouse triptych, Harbor Morning, 2018.
Sandy Newhouse on Lines, Shadows, Shapes and Stories
Painter Sandy Newhouse stood in the studio of her Vaughn Bay home, tapping an unfinished canvas heavy with layers of acrylic paint. more
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Local Circumnavigator Rows for Oahu
Wauna resident Erden Eruç, 60, is due to make landfall early in September after rowing from California to Hawaii in his attempt to row, pedal and climb around the world. more
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The peaceful community of Home was upset by erratic disturbances.
Local Man Arrested After Tensions Erupt in Home Neighborhood
Michael Kotas, 46, of Lakebay was arrested July 22 for second-degree assault on a Home community resident. A hearing Aug. 8 to determine whether Kotas is competent to stand trial was continued to Sept. 27 and he was ordered held in Pierce County Jail. more
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Fire Commissioners Stan Moffett and Frank Grubaugh meet with the Chief.
Voters Approve 6-Year Fire Levy Lid Lift
A six-year Key Peninsula fire levy lid lift was approved in the Aug. 3 primary election vote by 62% to 38%, or 2,696 yes to 1,631 no votes in a typical 22% off-year summer voter turnout. The vote … more
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Rate of newly diagnosed confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents April through August 16.
Fire Department Covid Vaccination Rate Exceeds Key Peninsula, County and State; Braces for Mandated Shots
Most Key Peninsula Fire District 16 personnel have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Fire Chief Dustin Morrow. more
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James Herndon wrote five books between 1968 and 1985 including three memoirs about his career as a teacher, which made him an influential figure in education. He died in 1990.
Welcome Back Students
A school year unlike any other is upon us, fresh on the heels of two other school years unlike any others. Students are returning to their posts while administrators rearrange deck chairs and … more
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Digital rendering
More Than a Food Bank, GHP FISH Breaks Ground on New Digs
After decades of cramming food and clothing into rented spaces splitting at the seams, FISH broke ground on its own new facility at a private ceremony July 13. more
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How Covid Relief Money Helped KP Residents
COVID-19 affected the Key Peninsula in many ways: residents lost jobs and coped with isolation, illness and death. Some organizations had to close their doors. Others worked in new ways to meet increased demands. more
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How the Binghams Found Their Way Home
Peg and Larry Bingham, age 88 and 90 respectively, spent years on the move pursuing various enterprises and adventures, delivering airplanes cross-country, traveling the world, living on a sailboat, … more
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Smitty and Rick launch from Vaughn Bay, June 1970.
Rowing for Smitty: From Vaughn Bay to Canada
In June of 1970, Rick and Smitty were fresh graduates of Peninsula High School. They had grown up on the Key Peninsula — Rick on the family homestead in Vaughn and Smitty in Minter. They both … more
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KP Lags Behind County, State Covid Vaccination Rates
Vaccinations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have recently slowed all over the U.S., including in Washington state and on the Key Peninsula, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department of Health. more
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Joe Dervaes
Local Fraud Buster Inducted Into International Auditor Hall of Fame
Vaughn resident Joe Dervaes, 80, became just the fifth person worldwide inducted into the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Hall of Fame at a virtual global conference held June 19-21, capping … more
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Mike Reigle’s last day in the KP Fire Department
29 Down: KPFD Firefighter-Paramedic Mike Riegle on Retirement and Redemption
After 31 years starting as a volunteer EMT, then a 29-year career firefighter-paramedic, a lieutenant, battalion chief, and then back to the line as a firefighter, Mike Riegle, 57, finished his last 48-hour shift serving the Key Peninsula on Memorial Day. more
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Peninsula Hawk Scholarship Fund Rewards 44 Key Peninsula Seniors
One hundred and fifty-two graduating seniors received over $320,000 in scholarships ranging from $500 to $11,000 at the virtual Peninsula Hawk Scholarship Fund award ceremony May 19. Forty-four … more
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Vaughn Postmaster to Retire
After 34 years in the postal service, including eight as Vaughn postmaster, DeeDee Emmett will retire June 30 at “a very young 59-and-a-half” years old, she said. more
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American History: ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’
His name still evokes fear, anger and admiration five decades after his murder. Alex Haley interviewed Malcolm X more than 50 times from 1962 to ’65, and the result was a book alive with the same intensity as their all-night talks about racism, protest and brutality that seem little changed since then. more
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Nathan Kuhnau
School in the Time of Covid: Students on Going Back, or Not
The Peninsula School District opened its doors to the last of its online students in mid-March for those who wanted to return. Not everyone did. more
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RoxAnne Simon Is Paying It Forward on the KP
RoxAnne Simon might be a relative newcomer to the Key Peninsula by the standards of some old timers, but that hasn’t stopped her from having a big impact on the community. more
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A true story so incredible it inspired an oil painting by local artist Chris Bronstad based on a self-portrait.
Wauna Man Goes Solo Around the World — Again
On the morning of April 22, 2021, Earth Day, Erden Eruç of Wauna, 59, plans to row a boat through San Francisco’s Golden Gate all the way to Hong Kong alone. It will be the first nonstop … more
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The 2021 mill rate for the KP is lower than all but one of the last nine years, but rising property values have driven total costs to residents higher.
The Season of Our Discontent: Property Tax Time
The property tax rate on the Key Peninsula fell for tax year 2020, payable in 2021, but most residents will owe more because of rising property values and a surprise revaluation of certain properties. more
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