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A new historical plaque in honor of the Native People of Filucy Bay was unveiled at the Longbranch Marina in a dedication ceremony May 26. Well-known archeologist and anthropologist Lynn Larson, a …
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Staff Report
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7/1/21
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There is something about fuchsias, especially the upright hardy varieties.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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6/30/21
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The Peninsula High School Boys Lacrosse team won its final game of the season, beating crosstown rivals Gig Harbor High. It was a stellar night for graduating Peninsula seniors on the team who never lost a game to Gig Harbor in high school. But the most extraordinary season finish came for the team’s starting face-off player, junior Boden Clark.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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6/30/21
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Although cedar shaped one of the world’s great cultures, the mighty and straight-grained Western red cedar that can live hundreds of years, is rarely, if ever, seen on the Key Peninsula in the size that it can reach.
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Lynn Larson
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6/30/21
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The days are hot and the nights are warm. By day I’m lucky to see two or three butterfly species. By night the moths swarm, pale shapes like prisms around the edges of my house. At my black …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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6/30/21
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Vaughn resident Joe Dervaes, 80, became just the fifth person worldwide inducted into the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Hall of Fame at a virtual global conference held June 19-21, capping …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/30/21
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Brookside Veterinary Hospital, owned and operated by Dr. Lisa Woods for nearly 30 years, has survived over a year of Covid protocols and restrictions. Brookside has been busier than ever and a second veterinarian, Dr. Justine Zingsheim-Nadeau recently joined the practice.
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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6/30/21
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The mental time warp of being around young trees inspired me to pick up “The Overstory” for a second read.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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6/30/21
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After 31 years starting as a volunteer EMT, then a 29-year career firefighter-paramedic, a lieutenant, battalion chief, and then back to the line as a firefighter, Mike Riegle, 57, finished his last 48-hour shift serving the Key Peninsula on Memorial Day.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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6/30/21
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My cookbook shelf is overwhelmingly full. There are the tried and true staples, the vintage community cookbooks, the bread-and-sourdough-specific cookbooks, and the cookbooks featuring recipes from …
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Anna Brones
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6/30/21
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In a brief private ceremony at Evergreen Elementary School, Hugh McMillan of Lakebay was honored by the Peninsula School District board of directors with the official naming of the gymnasium building as the future home of the Hugh McMillan Community Center.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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6/30/21
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Whenever we ask Dad what he wants for dinner on literally any occasion, the question is usually posed tongue-in-cheek because we know the answer. It’s never steak, salmon, or burgers, …
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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5/26/21
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The notorious Down Home Band directed by Dr. William Roes will throw off the shackles of the pandemic to (safely) begin rehearsals for its 2021 “Back from Behind” season June 24, 7 p.m. …
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Staff Report
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5/26/21
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A commotion has been building outside. It has been building for days now. Some sort of forage fish is massing along the shoreline, and it has drawn a feeding frenzy of gulls, mergansers, cormorants, seals and eagles from miles around.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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5/26/21
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By now, Grace Bennett is an old hand at lizard keeping. She is 5 years old, and her pet for the last year has been a northern alligator lizard named Baraka.
Grace lives on a 5-acre farm near …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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5/26/21
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After 34 years in the postal service, including eight as Vaughn postmaster, DeeDee Emmett will retire June 30 at “a very young 59-and-a-half” years old, she said.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/26/21
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The summer of 1895 was a busy and exciting time for Edmund G. Edrington of Vaughn. All the parts of an idea he had been working on for a couple of years seemed to be coming together; it was time to form a company, raise the capital and make it happen.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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5/26/21
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His name still evokes fear, anger and admiration five decades after his murder. Alex Haley interviewed Malcolm X more than 50 times from 1962 to ’65, and the result was a book alive with the same intensity as their all-night talks about racism, protest and brutality that seem little changed since then.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/26/21
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It’s summertime and berry season is upon us. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/26/21
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Despite everything you’ve ever been told, it doesn’t take much to impress a woman, especially after she has become a mother.
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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4/28/21
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