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The longtime Key Peninsula resident raises horses and wants to preserve the KP environment for generations to come.
Linda Weeks said she is seeking a position on the Key Pen …
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Dan Marten, KP News
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8/1/19
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The incumbent commissioner said he seeks to improve park access for all users. John Patrick Kelly was a longtime Tacoma resident drawn to the Key Peninsula through the …
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Dan Marten, KP News
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8/1/19
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The park commission president wants to get more kids involved with the parks. Mark Michel is running against incumbent John Kelly for Key Pen Parks commissioner …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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8/1/19
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Rep. Derek Kilmer took time over the Fourth of July holiday to talk with KP News about his hopes for both this and the other Washington.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/1/19
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In the early hours of June 24, thieves forced entry into the Lakebay Post Office, stealing mail and packages and leaving security-minded post office box holders wondering …
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Alice Kinerk, KP News
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8/1/19
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The Case Inlet toxic bloom is one of several tracked around the Key Peninsula.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/1/19
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Unsightly and unhealthy, fresh water algae blooms are becoming more common.
On July 8, Don Thomson found himself posting signs warning …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/1/19
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The Key Peninsula is a community where being different turns out to be a very good thing. When the Key Peninsula News joined the Washington …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
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8/1/19
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Volunteering for civic organizations on the Key Peninsula is often associated with rearranging furniture, separating the recyclables, and raising enormous …
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Ted Ralston
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8/1/19
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If you’re lucky enough to live on the Key Peninsula, you probably have the chance to visit Puget Sound beaches more often than the …
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Nancyrose Houston
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8/1/19
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First to break the morning stillness is the drumming and wik-wik-wik of a flicker, muffled somewhat by a thick clump of alder and cedars. A band-tailed pigeon …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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8/1/19
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Washington State is located in the soggy northwest corner of the continental U.S. The Key Peninsula is the southernmost peninsula of Puget Sound, an inner …
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Alice Kinerk
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8/1/19
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Longtime Key Peninsula resident Ruth Chambers, 85, died June 25. She was born March 1, 1934, in Yankton, South Dakota, to Roy and Anna Walling. She had three siblings: Madaline, Paul …
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Born June 29, 1962, Kathlene A. Dalton died peacefully June 10 at her home in Gig Harbor.
Kathy worked as a respiratory therapist for over 20 years and volunteered for many years …
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Known locally as “the jam man,” Warren Edward Ensor died in a car crash near his Lakebay home July 6. He sold homemade jellies, horseradish and bread to benefit Ashes, the …
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8/1/19
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WSDOT plans to work on SR-302 for the better part of a year. Courtesy WSDOT
Wauna/Purdy traffic may be getting a whole lot worse before it gets better.
The Washington State …
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8/1/19
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Key Peninsula Fire Department units responded to a single car rollover accident at the 3400 block of Whiteman Road SW in Lakebay Sunday afternoon July 6. A Lakebay man and woman were …
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8/1/19
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Thank you for another great edition of the KP News in July. I’ve had the honor to pilot a couple of Honor Flights. We treat these as an opportunity to show our respect for the …
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