Key Peninsula News

The past two years of Covid isolation have left many of us out of practice when it comes to socializing and hosting guests. Like our weather at times, dark clouds, rain, sun breaks, maybe a rainbow, … more

Ann-Marie Ugles | 4/27/22

Erden Eruç hoists the Philippine pennant on arrival, delivered by the local kayak club

KP Man Completes First Solo Row from U.S. to Asia

Solo circumnavigator Erden Eruç of Wauna, 60, made landfall at Legazpi City in the Philippines March 24, becoming the first person to row from North America to Asia after launching from … more

Ted Olinger, KP News | 4/26/22

The Adventurer’s North Star

Nancy Board is an extraordinarily self-reliant woman focused on wellbeing. She loves her life and the man she shares it with in Wauna, and maintains an abiding faith that somehow, someway, everything … more

Lisa Bryan, KP News | 4/26/22

“We don’t call them hogs; we call them big pigs.”

Local Farm Animal Rescue Organization Saves Lives

Since its inception in 2017, Heartwood Haven, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and registered charity on the Key Peninsula, has rescued more than 1,400 farm animals suffering from cruelty and neglect, including … more

Krisa Bruemmer, KP News | 4/26/22

Portraits for Ukraine

Chris Bronstad is painting for Ukraine. The retired Key Peninsula Middle School teacher and local artist, who lives in Vaughn, spent the last few years concentrating on his award-winning artwork. … more

Ted Olinger, KP News | 4/26/22

Watch for Yellowlegs, Honeysuckle and More

Listen for the loud “klee-klee-klee” call of greater yellowlegs in estuaries and flooded fields. This shorebird passes through the Key Peninsula during spring and fall migrations. Watch … more

Chris Rurik, KP News | 4/26/22

Flower Stand Woes and Rewards

Most people who drive the section of Key Peninsula Highway between Home and Whiteman Road get a lift from seeing the white picket fence, the blossom-filled yard and the little flower stand on the … more

Carolyn Wiley, KP News | 4/26/22

To Mulch or Not to Mulch

I was out working in the garden the other day (what else is new?), crawling under some rhododendrons, thankful it’s not yet spider web season, and gently scraping my hand rake along the top … more

Kamryn Minch | 4/26/22

Russia Goes Medieval

Since time immemorial, writers in Russia have had the most forceful, penetrating and far-reaching responses to what was happening in their country — for those willing to listen, … more

José Alaniz | 4/26/22

Deep in the Tree Frog's Chorus

At last, I find a frog. It is spread-eagled in the shallow water like a lost toy. Its throat floats before it as round and sheer as a soap bubble, pushing its head up. It looks almost pathetic as it … more

Chris Rurik, KP News | 3/31/22

Fishing Under the Bridge

While drivers rattle the Purdy bridge in cars and trucks, fly fishers often stand thigh deep in saltwater below at the mouth of the Burley Lagoon, their attention fixed on a far different … more

Chris Rurik, KP News | 3/31/22

Ukrainian Comfort Food

Art is an extraordinary bridge capable of transcending cultural divides. Not everyone is a poet, a sculptor, a dancer or musician. Cooking, however, is a performance art practiced daily around the … more

Lisa Bryan, KP News | 3/31/22

The Second Mountain by David Brooks

Many times over the last 18-plus years I have wondered why I feel so much at home and so contented on the Key Peninsula. Certainly, there are many similarities to Scotland but that really … more

Maureen Riley | 3/31/22

Laura Harbaugh with husband Stanton, baby Hendrix and their dog Nuggen on the beach at Olman Point.

KP Businesswoman Makes Her Passion Her Work

Laura Harbaugh always wanted to be an artist. Her father worked as professional photographer and her mother worked for the county as a conservationist, racing to protect heritage farmland in the … more

Lisa Bryan, KP News | 3/31/22

Eruç hoists the Philippine pennant on arrival, delivered by the local kayak club.

Latest Tracker Updates: Westbound Rower Around the World

Follow KP resident's heroic one-person-powered voyage more

Ted Olinger, KP News | 3/27/22

Eruç shared his boat with a red-footed booby for a few days in December.

KP Man Rowing Across the Pacific Now Aims for Singapore

Solo circumnavigator Erden Eruç, 60, of Wauna, made landfall on Guam Feb. 12 after 208 days rowing from California by way of Oahu on his second human-powered trip around the world. He has … more

Ted Olinger, KP News | 2/28/22

Where Beaches Are Born

Agates and oysters. A clear tide. Stories. I am south of Driftwood Annie’s point, strolling Pitt Passage with two veteran beach walkers. The going is wonderfully slow. “It … more

Chris Rurik, KP News | 2/28/22

Therapy Dog Ginger and Stroke Survivor Scott Vande Zande

Nearly 20 years after suffering a debilitating stroke, Scott Vande Zande of Longbranch devotes his time to sharing his golden retriever Ginger, a Pet Partners therapy dog, with others. Each week they … more

Krisa Bruemmer. KP News | 2/28/22

The Truth About ‘St. Patrick’s Day’ Corned Beef and Cabbage

When you think of Saint Patrick’s Day, you’re thinking shamrocks, right? Along with pinching, funny little green plastic hats, the beer in your cup and the Chicago River, both dyed green, … more

Dan Clouse | 2/28/22

Of ‘Maus’ and McMinn

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 … more

José Alaniz, KP News | 2/28/22