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Some dirty comic book about the Holocaust got banned from the eighth grade English Language Arts curriculum by the McMinn County School Board in southeast Tennessee Jan. 10, because the book has cuss …
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José Alaniz, KP News
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2/28/22
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Amid high absence rates among staff and students, Peninsula School District Superintendent Krestin Bahr sent a message to district families Jan. 12 calling on parents and community members to …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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2/28/22
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Just when we thought things were beginning to look up yet another “something unexpected” happened. This time it’s the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Did the whole world emerge from Covid …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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2/28/22
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2/28/22
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2/28/22
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Key Peninsula native Willow Meyer died unexpectedly in her Tacoma home Jan. 21 of natural causes. She was 42 years old. Willow was born in the family home on Glen Cove in the summer of 1979. She …
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2/22/22
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Three meals a day are served in the dining room at the independent living facility where I live. Recently at lunchtime I noticed a new resident sitting alone. After I asked her if I could join her, I …
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Phyllis Henry
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1/28/22
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Since we’re continuing to dump greenhouse gases into our air that come from our use of fossil fuels, the Earth really is getting warmer. The average …
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Richard Gelinas
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1/27/22
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At its biweekly meeting Jan. 11, the Key Peninsula Fire District board of commissioners heard a proposal for development of the $2.125 million worth of Key Center real estate it purchased in November …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/22
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The Key Peninsula Fire Department experienced several significant changes at the end of 2021. Fire Chief Dustin Morrow left to become chief at Central Pierce Fire & Rescue Dec. 1; his interim …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/22
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Some of the best advice I ever got in life came from an old boatman: “The most dangerous thing you can do out here is disrespect the river.”
The year was 1990. We were rafting …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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1/27/22
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Roughly a dozen flag carrying protesters took to the streets of Key Center Jan. 8, holding signs and waving at passersby. They gathered to protest the possibility that Key Peninsula Civic Center …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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1/27/22
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After a dramatic rise in cases last summer with the delta variant, COVID-19 cases gradually fell on the Key Peninsula until the arrival of the holidays and omicron.
The average daily case …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/22
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At the Dec. 14 fire commissioners meeting the board decided to proceed with hiring a new full-time fire chief instead of pursuing the previously discussed possibility of a part-time chief shared with …
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1/27/22
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Wow! What a great column. Mr. Tisino summed up my feelings and fears exactly. I am sad that he had that experience at Evergreen Elementary School, but I get it. I love that his article was printed at …
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1/27/22
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I have been reading with interest the articles in the Key Peninsula News regarding the expansion of facilities for the fire department.While I completely agree that growth and expansion are needed, …
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1/27/22
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In his January 2022 column, Rion Tisino identifies some deep rifts in the Key Peninsula community caused by racism. I was particularly disheartened to read his perceptions of bias in the Peninsula …
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1/27/22
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Why are we being segregated into vaxed vs. unvaxed? What about the third group: Those of us with natural immunity. According to the CDC, about one third of the U.S. (100 million) have had COVID-19, …
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1/27/22
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Every day I hear people demanding their rights. It’s my right to a living wage, affordable housing, health care, food, free education, high-speed internet — the list seems endless. And …
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Bob Perry
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1/27/22
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