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The highly nonstandard yet endlessly iconic Katrina Army Base Stew.
Katrina Cooks Something Healthy and Is Amazed at Herself
KP Cooks: "What if I made Korean Army Base Stew with healthy ingredients?" more
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Berry-faced Sugar wears the evidence of a productive workday after feasting on blackberries on Key Peninsula Fire District property behind Sunnycrest Nursery in Key Center. “One goat led to another goat, and all of a sudden we had so many goats I’m like, ‘Yeah, well, you guys better get to work,’ ” Timlake said.
‘Deadherds’ Take a Bite Out of Fire District’s Blackberries
KPFD found a cheaper, greener way to clear its overgrown Key Center property with goatscaping. more
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Forestry contractor Dan Wehmeier at a fuels reduction project in the Okanogan Highlands in September 2025.
The Barber of the KP: Making the Land Better
A logger walks, seeds, and feels the land, one job at a time. more
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What Came From the Closet, and a Spirit in the Garden
A Longbranch family fled their home after two supernatural encounters they couldn’t explain. more
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‘Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons For Our Own’
KP Reads: Eddie S Glaude Jr. uses Baldwin’s life and writings to examine the racial injustices that continue to plague us. more
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Open-grown Oregon white oaks have spreading crowns and long, gnarled branches, and can live 350 to 500 years.
Groves of Oregon White Oak, Past and Future
"In our rural community, on farms and homesteads and woodlots, we are all the time creating such landscapes of care." more
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Driving south on the improved highway just past today’s Key Center, May 1923.
The Story of the KP Highway, Part II
A two-part series on the history of the peninsula’s most important arterial. more
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The Peninsula Seahawks enter the 2026 season with a young roster under first-year head coach Tommi Gallucci. The Seahawks are looking to rebound from back-to-back losing seasons and bring "Purdy grit" back to the Peninsula gym.
New Coach Ready to Put Her Stamp on Peninsula Volleyball
First-year coach Tommi Gallucci takes over a young Seahawks team looking to bounce back from consecutive losing seasons. more
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Coach Clay Mauro and team with the Fish Bowl trophy.
Seahawks Rout Tides 37-8, Even Fish Bowl Rivalry
Peninsula seniors earned their first win over Gig Harbor as the Seahawks defense forced four interceptions. more
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Connor Burton, No. 3, leads the Seahawk charge onto the field at the 2023 Fish Bowl, the last to be played at Roy Anderson Field.
Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over 2023 Fish Bowl Injury
Judge finds late hit didn’t go beyond normal risks of football; no evidence Peninsula coaching staff encouraged targeting. more
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Who knew all you need to overcome hate is garlic, butter, and a lot of wine?
How I Learned to Stop Loathing Mushrooms, or Why Diversity Is Good
KP Cooks: A mushroom skeptic learns the secret to turning dreaded fungi into something delicious. more
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Programs Manager Julie Crane frames the work of a grateful artist.
Drawing on Memory: A Unique Art Exhibit at Mustard Seed
Staff and volunteers at The Mustard Seed Project worked alongside people with dementia to produce one-of-a-kind artwork. more
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Undated photo of Ira Creviston (left) and his brothers falling a giant on the Key Peninsula.
The Story of the Key Peninsula Highway: Part I
A two-part series on the history of the peninsula’s most important arterial from its forgotten origin to the present. more
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Peninsula High School Seahawks football Head Coach Clay Mauro.
PHS Football Coach Mauro Enters Year Two With Expectations
The second-year coach builds toward a winning season. Meanwhile, kick-off for the 48th Fish Bowl is 5 p.m. Sept. 19 at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma. more
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“The first time I passed her, she was walking alongside Lackey Road. A quick look in my rearview mirror and I could hardly believe my eyes. The woman danced and twirled with the joyful abandon of a little girl,” a witness told KP News.
The Light on Lackey Road
After 40 years of easing other people’s fear in the hospital, Charlotte Keys found her own kooky way to let it go. more
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Sophomore midfielder Delia Labowitz (pink cleats) returns after a phenomenal breakout freshman season for the Seahawks girls soccer team.
New Leaders Get ‘Their Turn to Shine’ for Peninsula Soccer
The Seahawks replace a decorated senior class while chasing a sixth straight trip to state. more
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Peninsula junior Captain Reese Miller competes last season. Miller returns after qualifying for the Class 3A state championships in two individual events and helping both Peninsula freestyle relay teams place in the top 10 at state in 2025.
Summer Work Fuels High Hopes for PHS Girls
Returning state qualifiers and a growing dive squad have Peninsula thinking big for 2026-27. more
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A single bloom on a stem could indicate a hybrid tea.
’Tis the Last Rose of Summer: Grumblings of a Non-rose Person
KP Gardens: A sweet-smelling mystery rose sends a reluctant rose-grower searching for its identity. more
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A patch of sword ferns near Lakebay shows a complete progression of the die-off’s symptoms, from healthy ferns around the margins to full dead ferns in the center.
Sword Ferns Die Off on the KP, Cause Unknown
A mysterious die-off is leaving once-lush patches of iconic sword fern bare on the Key Peninsula and across Puget Sound. more
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YMCA Camp Seymour Executive Director Scotty Jackson, Pat Hovany, Tom Taylor YMCA Executive Directer Jean-Luc Pedant, and George Hovany pose with the big check at Camp Seymour in June.
KP Couple Donates $50,000 to Camp Seymour and Tom Taylor YMCA
The endowment will fund scholarships and memberships for the local YMCA facilities through long-term endowments. more
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