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Beloved husband, father, grandfather and son, Rob Boll died Sept. 22 at the age of 61.
Rob and his wife Kathy left the Gig Harbor area and moved to Independence, Kansas, last year, …
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11/2/23
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On the evening of Sept. 16, we lost our matriarch. Elizabeth Jane Thompson died at her Longbranch home one month shy of her 100th birthday.
The daughter of a naval officer, she spent …
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11/2/23
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Steve Owen went to be with the Lord Sept. 12 at 5:02 a.m. He was 75 years old. Come join us to celebrate his life and hear Steve’s life story at noon, Nov. 11, at Gig Harbor Covenant Church …
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11/2/23
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Graphic notes on local life.
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José Alaniz
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11/2/23
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“You know, there really is a lot of great stuff going on here.”
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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11/2/23
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Restoration of salmon habitat at Whiteman Cove is set to begin in 2024, following a $6.9 million appropriation in the state capital budget.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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11/2/23
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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.
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Staff Report
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11/2/23
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At age 81, Key Peninsula resident William Michael Paul has just written and starred in his first short film, “Kola.”
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Vicki Biggs, KP News
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11/2/23
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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 …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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11/2/23
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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.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/2/23
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Home prices on the Key Peninsula skyrocketed during the pandemic and post-pandemic interest rates continue to soar.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/2/23
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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.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/2/23
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“I’m a Pisces,” said Susan Arends. “I go with the flow.”
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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11/2/23
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Lakebay resident Brayden VanderDoes, 9, stood in front of a large brass ship’s bell mounted in a Seattle Children’s Hospital lobby, surrounded by family, staff and fellow patients.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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11/2/23
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It is November. Gullies are soggy. The exact edges of creeks are hard to define. The last leaves are limp yellow rags that drag across my shoulders as I make my way downhill.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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11/2/23
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My dad hated rice. That and celery. He was a U.S. Navy ensign during the Korean War and spent a month on an ammunition ship getting ferried across the Pacific to meet his destroyer.
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Katrina Herringbottom
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11/2/23
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This column (October 2023), though well written, is a real headscratcher for me. Fracking for oil in shale is bad, but de-watering is good?
De-watering is the process used in fracking or …
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11/1/23
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11/1/23
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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 …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/1/23
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Brandon and Alanya Vuysteke are a farming couple who have big plans for their property on the Key Peninsula.
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Vicki Biggs, KP News
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11/1/23
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