The vibrant diversity and unique adaptations of the Ericaceae family, a group of plants thriving in nutrient-poor environments with the help of specialized fungi, bring color to northwest forests.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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7/31/24
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Compelling, persuasive, and unsettling, "Caste" ought to be required reading for every American.
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Linda O'Brien
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7/31/24
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Every food you eat is located on a spectrum between the familiar and the unusual.
Favorite foods should always be the same, especially at breakfast. Every morning, it’s gotta be Pop-Tarts, …
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Dan Clouse
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7/31/24
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It is funny to think that just two months ago I was cursing the persistent rain clouds in the June sky blocking some much- needed Vitamin D, and now I sit under a clear blue yonder praying for a …
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Kamryn Minch
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7/31/24
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Henderson Bay is home to nearly 100-year-old steel remnants of burned World War I-era wooden ships that help tell the story of Tacoma’s shipbuilding boom during that time.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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7/31/24
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Communities across Pierce County were affected by a vendor error that caused a delay in the receipt of Voters Pamphlets ahead of the primary election.
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Staff Report
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7/31/24
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After nine and a half hours a day, six days a week, for 15 years, Chuck Ellis is ready for a change.
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Linda O'Brien, KP News
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7/31/24
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For nearly a century, the Vaughn Garden Club has connected a group of women through their love of gardening and the Key Peninsula.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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7/31/24
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It may be the misreading that launched a thousand theories, leaving storytellers, historians, and the entire community in Filucy Bay with a riddle on their hands.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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7/31/24
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Well, it’s official, my freshman year at Washington State University has wrapped up, and I can gladly say I passed all my classes. I was never quite sure what college would look like for me. …
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Grace Nesbit
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7/31/24
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The physical act of mothering is finite. My children won't forever be living in my house and needing me in these ways.
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Meredith Browand
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7/31/24
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Every year by mid-spring, you see them erupting all over the KP and surrounding area: the golden flowers that bedazzle.
A couple of years ago, I took note of them as we were driving back from …
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José Alaniz
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7/31/24
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Years ago when our last cat died I unilaterally declared to the family we were never getting another animal.
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Ted Olinger
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7/31/24
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I continue to read with interest the ongoing comments, surveys and discussions in the Key Peninsula News regarding the expansion of KP Fire Department facilities in Key Center.
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Chuck Odegaard, Lakebay
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7/24/24
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In less than three years, McKenna Baurichter has become one of the premier tennis players in the South Puget Sound.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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7/22/24
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Five candidates for Congress described their experiences and plans while answering questions at a Key Peninsula Civic Center forum June 28 before a crowd of about 150.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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7/18/24
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Phyllis Henry, born Feb 10, 1931, in Gladbrook, Iowa, died June 29 in Gig Harbor. She was 93 years old.
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