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When George Vancouver explored Washington’s inland waterways in May of 1792, he quickly came under the spell of “the serenity of the climate, the innumerable pleasing landscapes, and the …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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2/24/21
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In 1978 Cora Chase of Vaughn published “The Weed Eater’s Cookbook.”
Born in 1898 at Kamilche, home to the Squaxin Indian Tribe, her grandparents taught her about living off the …
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Sara Thompson
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2/24/21
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In November, Purdy Cost Less Pharmacy changed ownership. Zimmerman’s son and daughter-in-law, Drew and Allison Zimmerman, bought the …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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2/24/21
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1/28/21
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The Key Peninsula Community Services building in Home is a bit of a head-turner these days. Exciting changes are in the works inside and out for the nearly 100-year-old structure, home to the former Lakebay Elementary School until the 1940s.
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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1/27/21
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Gov. Jay Inslee directed the Washington Department of Health to move the state into Phase 1B, Tier 1, of its COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan Jan. 18, allowing everyone over the age of 65 and anyone 50 or older living in multigenerational homes (excluding parents and their children) to receive the vaccine.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/21
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Transportation Director Annie Bell will retire this month after 19 years with the Peninsula School District and over 30 years working in school transportation.
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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1/27/21
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A year has passed since the first mention of the novel coronavirus in a KP News staff meeting. The whole world has changed since.
The stress and fatigue from living during the pandemic comes in …
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Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
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1/27/21
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Communities in Schools of Peninsula, whose mission is to identify at-risk students and surround them with a community of support, has been serving students on the Key Peninsula and in Gig Harbor for nearly two decades. When the pandemic closed schools in March 2020, the organization had to adjust quickly.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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1/27/21
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I was maybe 15 when I asked this gorgeous 17-year-old girl out on a date. I had no business doing that, but back then I had an abundance of courage and not much sense.
I don’t remember how I …
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Ted Olinger
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1/27/21
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“Run, Eva!” I tell her in an excited voice once we’re safely inside the gate and I’ve taken off her leash. “Eva, run!” And off she goes, zero to warp speed in …
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Joseph Pentheroudakis
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1/27/21
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Last October found me in Indiana. My wife and I traveled there to say our final goodbyes to my dad, who was dying of mesothelioma. I returned in December for his funeral. Because of COVID-19, it was …
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Rob Vajko
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1/27/21
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One year ago I was on a sunny beach in Mexico with friends, enjoying the relaxed pace of small-town life, swimming in the ocean, sampling the local food and soaking up the sun. It was marvelous in …
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Vicki Husted Biggs
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1/27/21
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I am a Black social worker who lives on the Key Peninsula. My primary occupation is as a psychiatric social worker at Western State Hospital in the Center for Forensics.
I was given the …
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1/27/21
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Leon died on Thanksgiving Day 2020 in Gig Harbor at the age of 90.
He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Korean War, and after completing his service finished a degree in mechanical …
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1/27/21
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Margaret Lea Petersen was born in Seattle Feb. 23, 1956 and died in Tacoma Dec. 14, 2020. Maggie was beautiful, brilliant, funny and amazingly good at everything she tried. She was a professional …
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1/27/21
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Lakebay Marina owner Mark Scott watched in dismay as, bite by bite, bulldozers demolished and trucks hauled away debris from three dilapidated former cabins cited in a Warrant of Abatement and …
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Staff Report
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1/27/21
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The Gig Harbor-Key Peninsula Suicide Prevention Coalition was formed in 2012 after two local teens died by suicide in close succession. The coalition has since developed programs to support survivors and their loved ones and to train for prevention.
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Caleb Galbreath & Ted Olinger, KP News
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1/27/21
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As I haul on my boots, it’s hard to know what to expect. From the muddy pullout where we’ve parked, an overgrown road leads into low, tangled woods. It’s December. Even the …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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1/27/21
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Deborah Krishnadasan stepped down in December after serving her two year term as president of the Peninsula School District Board of Directors, but continues in her second elected term on the board. …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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1/27/21
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