For the first time in a long time, Key Peninsula Middle School will have a new principal at the helm.
The Peninsula School District announced in April that KPMS Assistant Principal Luke Grunberg …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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5/31/23
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Nine candidates filed to run for positions in three local races for the Aug. 1 primary election affecting the Key Peninsula. The winners will move on to the general election Nov. 7.
One spot on …
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Staff Report
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5/31/23
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One hundred and fifty-one graduating Peninsula High School seniors received $411,490 in scholarships at the Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund award ceremony May 24 held at PHS, up from 131 students …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/31/23
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The 2023 Washington State legislative session welcomed in-person politics back to Olympia for the first time since 2020, when the legislature adjourned days before statewide COVID-19 restrictions …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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5/31/23
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In 2021 homeowners on the Key Peninsula began receiving letters informing them they were required to have their septic systems inspected. The two-year process to notify all homeowners in the …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/31/23
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Penrose State Park on the west side of the Key Peninsula near Home reopened for day use only May 15 after being closed to the public Jan. 16 for extensive repairs to its septic system. The campground …
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Staff Report
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5/31/23
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Declining enrollment across the Peninsula School District and a $12 million deficit for the 2023-24 school year are to blame for eliminating five dean of student positions at area elementary schools, …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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5/31/23
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Jury selection began May 1 in the trial of Ezra Ralston and Sean Higgins for the murders of Ted Ralston, 71, and Joanna Gormly, 73, in their Vaughn home in 2020. Testimony began May 11. The trial is …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/31/23
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More than 100 people gathered May 22 for the first opportunity to speak publicly about a Taylor Shellfish Co. application to convert part of its current oyster and clam bed farms in Burley Lagoon to …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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5/31/23
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We pay about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity in Washington state, much less than the national median of 15 cents per kilowatt-hour. Here I’m just comparing the electricity costs, not the …
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Richard Gelinas
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5/31/23
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The Key Peninsula Historical Society will honor local veterans all year in 2023 with an exhibit at its museum in the KP Civic Center.
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Carolyn Wiley and Ted Olinger, KP News
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5/21/23
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Despite rumors of the opposite, the Seattle-based Children’s Home Society of Washington maintains that the Key Peninsula Family Resource Center is expanding services to improve access to …
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Staff Report
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4/27/23
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KGHP-FM station manager Spencer Abersold saw the proverbial writing on the wall that his job was nearing an end. He had been hearing rumblings that the 35-year-old Peninsula School District …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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4/27/23
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Christopher Beswick, 52, began his first day on the job as assistant chief April 10, succeeding retiring KPFD Assistant Chief Hal Wolverton. Beswick has been in the fire service 31 years. He spent …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/27/23
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The Mustard Seed Village, a new nonprofit assisted living home on the KP, had its grand opening for the public November 12 and expected to welcome its first residents in mid-January. Unanticipated …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/27/23
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Three years after COVID-19 stopped its work, Friends of the Key Center Library is reconstituting to continue supporting the library and Key Peninsula community, and they’re looking for …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/27/23
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The Key Peninsula Fire District 16 board of fire commissioners will determine options for constructing a new headquarters facility in Key Center — or not — and renovations to existing stations.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/27/23
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Marcia Harris of Longbranch received the 36th Key Peninsula Lions Club Citizen of the Year Award during a ceremony and celebration at the KP Civic Center March 25 for her decades of service to the …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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4/27/23
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Hailey Ruckle isn’t afraid to admit it: School isn’t easy for her. She has a tough time reading. Big classrooms make her nervous. She doesn’t like when …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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4/27/23
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KP School Bus Connects, the only regularly scheduled transportation program available to the community, will come to an end June 30. The demise of the program has led to a new push to meet the …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/29/23
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