Sailor, salvage officer and 100-ton master’s license captain Katy Stewart of Wauna will compete in her fifth consecutive race to Alaska, known as the R2AK,
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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2/1/20
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Sarah Anderson spilled the beans on Facebook in mid-October. She, her husband Bryant and mother Nan Feagin had purchased the building located between El Sombrero and the KP Smoke Shop and are planning to open a cafe.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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2/1/20
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Although the restaurant is only eight months old, its history goes way back, starting with a whirlwind romance that spanned the globe.
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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2/1/20
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Kellie Bennett is the new executive director of the Red Barn Youth Center. …
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Staff Report
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2/1/20
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KPCS runs a senior center with a variety of classes, social events and field trips, …
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Staff Report
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2/1/20
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My relatives weren’t in our house 24 hours before disaster struck. That’s the problem with living in the paradise that is the Key Peninsula; people are always trying …
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Katrina Herringbottom
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2/1/20
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Fifty years ago, in the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 1970, a fire of unprecedented proportions burned through several businesses in Key Center, leaving only ashes and charred rubble in its wake.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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2/1/20
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The Key Center Library will host an exhibit in February of photographs from Yemen taken by the late photojournalist Luke Somers. Somers, who lived in Palmer Lake from 2009 to 2011, was abducted by al-Qaida …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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2/1/20
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Just wanted to thank Lisa Bryan for the terrific article on the Communities in Schools reading program. (“Tutors with Tails Help Young Readers at Vaughn Elementary,” KP News …
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2/1/20
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Unprecedented times call for unprecedented editorials. The best I can write within the confines of our local Key Peninsula News tradition …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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2/1/20
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I am fueled by your stories. I gather these stories at the end of your long, winding driveways; over knitting needles and wine in Key Center; …
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Sen. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton
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2/1/20
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It is amazing how state government has no limits to the imaginative ideas to separate you from your hard-earned money. It’s …
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Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Port Orchard
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2/1/20
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Elected service calls for a principled courage that rises above personal and political differences. Citizens choose their …
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Rep. Jesse Young, R-Gig Harbor
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2/1/20
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It is a privilege to begin my sixth year serving the Key Peninsula on the Pierce County Council. With no changes to council membership, our …
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Councilman Derek Young (D-Gig Harbor)
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2/1/20
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Out and About
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2/1/20
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1/31/20
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To say that 2021 started out a little rough may be an understatement. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed by the politics, by the pandemic, by the long road ahead. I think all of us can …
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Anne Nesbit
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1/27/20
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Out and About
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1/2/20
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On behalf of the Key Peninsula Community Council, thank you for your factual reporting in the December issue of the presentation by CenturyLink engineer Christopher Black about the …
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1/2/20
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I am settling in with a cup of hot coffee after a walk in the woods with the dogs. There is nothing so invigorating as the feeling that follows …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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1/2/20
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