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Minerva Scholarship Funds Education for Local Women: Deadline April 15
Created to overcome barriers so many women confront, the local Minerva Scholarship Fund has given $500,000 over 30 years to more than 200 Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula women to help complete their … more
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Peninsula School District Renews One Levy and Passes a New One
Voters approved two Peninsula School District levies on the Feb. 14 ballot. At press time the Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy passed by 64.07% and the Safety, Security … more
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KPFD Terminates Calahan Property Lease
Key Peninsula Fire District 16 terminated the lease agreement for the commercial Calahan property (formerly O’Callahan’s, Buck’s and Reed’s) at the corner of KP Highway NW and … more
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PSD Superintendent to Speak at Citizen of the Year Award Ceremony
The keynote speaker at the 36th Annual Key Peninsula Citizen of the Year Award banquet scheduled for March 25 was to be long-time Lions Club member, all-around KP booster and raconteur Hugh McMillan, … more
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Meet Brayden VanderDoes.
Third Grade Evergreen Cancer Fighter Tells It Like It Is
Sometime around Christmas 2021, Evergreen Elementary School second-grader Brayden VanderDoes lost his appetite. Then he began to vomit. Every day. In the coming weeks he lost his energy and … more
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March 23 Property Tax Exemption Seminar at KP Community Services
County residents over age 61 or who are fully disabled and have a gross household income below $45,708 may qualify for the Pierce County Property Tax Exemption program. Newly elected county … more
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Caldier was elected to her fifth two-year term last fall with more than 56% of the vote.
Rep. Michelle Caldier Reveals Sight Impairment and Introduces Bill to Help Others
In early December 2016, Washington State Rep. Michelle Caldier (R-26th) was awakened by a crushing pain on the side of her head. She suddenly lost vision in her left eye from acute glaucoma, a … more
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KP Food Markets Sold; Changes on the Way to KP Retail Scene
The Food Markets at Key Center and Lake Kathryn have been sold to a new owner, and Lake Kathryn may also be getting a new retail tenant. Don Stolz sold the two businesses to The Myers Group, a … more
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An accomplished grant writer, Wiley said “It’s fun to get money to do things you want to do.”
Carolyn Wiley: A Star is Recognized
Longtime KP booster Carolyn Wiley of Longbranch was honored with a Rotary Star Award Feb. 3 at the 11th annual dinner ceremony presented by the local Gig Harbor Rotary Clubs. Each Gig Harbor … more
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Dogs Mia and China Cat have learned to sit. The goats? Not so much.
‘Be Goatful for What You Have’ — A Deadheads’ Lakebay Goat-Milk Farm
For most people on the Key Peninsula, Himalayan blackberry bushes are a minor nuisance. For Farrell and Laurie Timlake, they were a major problem … more
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Leiston, 14, is one of only 18 players in the country in his age group on the national select team.
KPMS Athlete Makes Name for Himself on the Soccer Field
Leiston Stoddard was recently named to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Select team … more
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The Laughing Voice of Doom
Late last fall I read that one of my favorite directors, Noah Baumbach, had written and directed a movie based on the novel “White Noise” by Don DeLillo from the 1980s. I read the book … more
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This swarm of honeybees spotted in a tree near Home was safely recovered by experienced beekeepers last summer.
KP Beekeepers Keep Honeybees and the Art of Caring for Them Alive
On the Key Peninsula of old, you could hire a “beeliner” … more
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A lawn laced with clover is low maintenance and good for the bugs.
Save Your Lawn By Removing Your Grass and Helping the Bugs
This time of year, the morning sun enters the house at the perfect angle to shine light on how much dust and cobwebs have accumulated in the living room, signaling that spring is almost … more
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With the installation of the 38-foot wooden tower pole complete, exterior painting will begin as the weather warms.
Historic Vaughn Library Hall Restoration Forges Ahead for the Love of History
The Key Peninsula Historical Society was awarded a $35,000 Pierce County Historic Preservation grant Jan. 31 after being ranked No. 1 on the county project list for its ongoing restoration of the … more
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An Ode to KP News
After living in the Rosedale area of the Gig Harbor Peninsula since 1968, I moved across Carr Inlet (straight as the crow flies) to Lake Minterwood on the Key Peninsula after the passing of my … more
From a Loyal Fan
I was annoyed to read the letter from Dale Lyman complaining about your Progressively Liberal Left-Wing Communist (OK, I’m exaggerating slightly) publication (“KP News Is Biased Liberal … more
Bring Back the Bird!
Please bring back the bird to the KP News masthead. I always look at the bird first. The masthead seems blank without it.   Diane Yorgason-Quinn, Gig Harbor more
Support for 'Just Mercy'
My gratitude for the article about the book “Just Mercy” and its author, Bryan Stevenson. I knew nothing about Bryan and his work until a few years ago when I visited Montgomery, Alabama, … more
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Learning to See
In 1990 I was a 26-year-old dilettante who thought I’d accumulated enough savings and contacts and clout working at a big time publisher in New York City to believe I could plunge blind-folded … more
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