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After interviewing numerous candidates, Peninsula School District announced that Kim Kinney was selected as the new assistant principal of Key Peninsula Middle School beginning in the 2023-24 school …
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Staff Report
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6/28/23
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A memorial service honoring the life of Hugh McMillan of Home was held June 18 at the Peninsula High School gymnasium. Family, friends and dignitaries including US Rep. Derek Kilmer eulogized the …
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6/28/23
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The Key Peninsula community lost two family members when Ted Ralston and Joanna Gormly were murdered in May 2020. It was the beginning of the pandemic, and we hardly knew how to react, what to do …
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KP News Staff, Family and Friends
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6/28/23
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Two Peninsula School District students received awards for their artwork in the 27th annual Our Own Expressions Teen Writing and Art Contest presented by the Pierce County Library System May 20.
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Staff Report
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6/28/23
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If you see Mary McGriff shopping at Key Center Food Market and ask what happened to her hands, she’ll tell you more than you probably wanted to know.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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6/28/23
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For many middle schoolers, hopping on a bike during the summer months means goofing around with friends or riding around the neighborhood streets.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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6/28/23
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This spring I fell in love with worms. Red wiggler worms to be exact.
Why do I love them? Let me count the ways. They have five hearts! They eat half their body weight each day! They …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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6/28/23
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Septic systems are the unsung heroes for homeowners on the Key Peninsula.
They work tirelessly and discreetly handling nature’s call, and until something nasty happens, they’re often …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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6/28/23
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Dolly Parton and I go way back.
In the earlier 1970s, my siblings and cousins and I got ferried around a lot by one of our slightly older cousins in a sky blue Plymouth Valiant, the one …
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Katrina Herringbottom
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6/28/23
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Last October, for the first time in recent memory, a bear paid a visit to Herron Island. By the time word got out and folks went looking, it was nowhere to be found, swum back to the mainland.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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6/28/23
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One day last month I was standing in line at my neighborhood gas station with a six-pack in one hand and a three-day-old corndog in the other when a tall, younger (than me) Black man with a …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/28/23
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The Key Peninsula Fire District 16 board of fire commissioners is nearing completion of its research to determine the future of Key Center real estate parcels it purchased in 2021 for a possible new …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/28/23
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The last two of four defendants accused of murdering Vaughn couple Ted Ralston, 71, and Joanna Gormly, 73, in their Vaughn home in 2020 were found guilty at trial in Pierce County Superior Court June …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/28/23
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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6/28/23
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Morning comes early in summer. Between the light and the rising chorus of birdsong, catching a few extra winks of sleep is hard to do.
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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6/28/23
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6/28/23
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6/28/23
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Melvin was born in Maryville, Missouri, June 19, 1944, and resided in Washington state most of his life. He was a registered nurse and contractor. He built many houses in Mason and Pierce Counties. …
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6/26/23
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Naomi Lavonne (Dear) Spear of Gig Harbor passed away at Tacoma General Hospital April 3. She was born Nov. 27, 1948, in Massillon, Ohio, to the Rev. Roy and Alice Dear.
Naomi graduated from …
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6/26/23
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When we built our vegetable garden more than a decade ago, complete with raised beds and an 8-foot tall fence, it included three compost bins. We hailed from Seattle with a small yard. The only thing …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/31/23
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