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Tomatoes. For some, the memory of the first bite of a garden-grown vine-ripened tomato ranks right up there with a first kiss. Or the birth of a child. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 4/28/21

April 2021 issue

3/31/21

“I held my breath,” said 5-year-old Mira Bothwell of Longbranch.

The Land of Swamp Lanterns

On a slanting boardwalk over a forested swamp, I pause. It’s not just Pacific wrens singing these days. Song sparrows and towhees fire off their songs. Salmonberry thickets stand with their … more

Chris Rurik, KP News | 3/31/21

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

Ted Olinger, KP News | 3/31/21

Whiteman Cove Restoration Opposed by YMCA

After eight years of research, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources informed stakeholders and neighbors in February of its final plan to return Whiteman Cove to a functioning estuary. more

Lisa Bryan, KP News | 3/31/21

Epic Journeys

I spent a number of years as an early morning commuter into the city. Slipping into the stream with all the others in such a regular pattern, I noticed many of the same drivers in the same cars day … more

Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor | 3/31/21

Generation Covid: Working Through the Pandemic

For those who have been able to continue working, navigating the various phases of restrictions and ever-changing guidelines has presented an extra set of challenges, especially for workers in positions that require face-to-face interactions. more

Kamryn Minch, KP News | 3/31/21

Evergreen Elementary lunch ladies Debbie Ehrhardt (left) and Carmen Carter.

'Lunch Ladies Extraordinaire' Keep KP Kids Fed

When classrooms closed across the state in March 2020, Peninsula School District’s many responsibilities to its students didn’t end, including feeding them. more

Krisa Bruemmer, KP News | 3/31/21

Back to School for the First Time

My two oldest children are 12 and 13, and until recently I had never cried at a school drop off; not the first day of preschool, not the start of full-day kindergarten, not when we moved to the … more

Meredith Browand | 3/31/21

Dirty Work at the Roundabout

One summer afternoon my friend Stony and I were leaning against an old boom log in the oyster shell gravel, squinting out at the water, when out of the blue he said, “When you’re at a … more

Dan Clouse | 3/31/21

Skeelos

It’s a small terra cotta dog, a curio really, barely 6 inches high, sitting on its haunches, head tilted back and cocked to the side, one ear pointing up and the other sideways, the front legs … more

Joseph Pentheroudakis | 3/31/21

Tearing Down to Build Again

The Lakebay Church is a mess. The church building is a mess, I mean. Not the people. The people are, all things considered, doing well. However, as I write this, the building is pretty torn up. … more

Dan Whitmarsh | 3/31/21

Point of Order

I love the paper — from local news to opinion pieces and naturalist articles — and the fact that it has so much better editing than most local papers. Thank you for your … more

3/31/21

Expand Broadband

Your article “Broadband Survey Illuminates Digital Divide on Key Peninsula” (March 2021) did an excellent job highlighting the internet issues that face our community and are exacerbated … more

3/31/21

Eric Leo Collins

Eric Leo Collins died from respiratory failure March 3, at home in Gig Harbor. As many know he only had one lung and it gave him 52 amazing years. Born Feb. 11, 1969, to parents James and Patricia … more

3/31/21

Joyce Elaine Niemann

Joyce Elaine Niemann was born Sept. 18, 1929, to Elmer and Elsie Olson of Vaughn and died peacefully March 8 in the home where she was born. Joyce graduated from Vaughn Union High School and … more

3/31/21

Sally Anne Niemann

Sally Anne Niemann of Vaughn died March 14 in her home, with loved ones near. She was 66. Born to parents Ron and Margaret Mitchell in Tacoma, she spent most of her life in the Gig Harbor and Vaughn … more

3/31/21

Edward Allen Taylor

Born in Pittsburgh Feb. 13, 1932, Ed Taylor died peacefully in his sleep at St. Anthony Hospital Feb. 25, having left the world a better place after his 89 years on the planet. As a youth he … more

3/31/21

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

Ted Olinger, KP News | 3/31/21

Peninsula School District Selects New Superintendent

The Peninsula School District board of directors unanimously voted to hire Krestin Bahr as superintendent during a live-streamed special meeting March 19. more

Sara Thompson, KP News | 3/31/21

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