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All PSD Schools Open to In-Person Teaching
A year after its abrupt closure, Peninsula School District schools are now open to all students who want to attend in-person classes. Peninsula, Gig Harbor and Henderson Bay high schools, the last to open, welcomed students in mid-March. more
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Hudson Cedarland (3) goes after Seahawks running back Landon Sims, who scored three touchdowns.
Seahawks Notch Historic Win in (Empty) Fish Bowl 42
The Peninsula High School Seahawks defeated their perennial rivals and friends, the Gig Harbor Tides, 36-12 in the opening game of a resurrected season Feb. 19. more
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More Students Return to PSD Classrooms
Planning for the return of students to classrooms has been complicated. Logistics for transportation, meals, recess and passing from one class to another had to be taken into account. more
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A bacon Swiss cheeseburger with jalapeños never looked so good.
KP Bars and Restaurants Adapt to Survive the Pandemic
No one has escaped the impact of the pandemic — but some restaurants and bars have been hit especially hard, including longtime Key Peninsula haunts and hangouts. more
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COVID-19 Cases Fall, But County Remains at ‘High Risk’
COVID-19 cases in Pierce County began to fall in January from their historic highs but remain at “high risk” levels, according to the state Department of Health. County COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths have also fallen. more
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Chief Dustin Morrow encourages his crew.
KPFD Live-Fire Training Provides Real Life Experience
Key Peninsula Fire Department personnel gathered Jan. 31 at Station 47 in Home before proceeding to the site of a two-bedroom mobile home they would burn to the ground before day’s end. more
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Broadband Survey Illuminates Digital Divide on Key Peninsula
KPC Broadband Committee Chair Mark Cockerill said the recently completed broadband survey will help create a targeted and effective response. more
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New owners Allison and Drew Zimmerman.
New Generation Brings New Life to Local Pharmacy
In November, Purdy Cost Less Pharmacy changed ownership. Zimmerman’s son and daughter-in-law, Drew and Allison Zimmerman, bought the … more
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New cedar railing for the ADA ramp on the 100-year-old building.
KP Community Services Puts $100K County Grant to Work
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. more
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Vaccine Roll-out Ramps Up to Goal of 45,000 a Day
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. more
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CISP Site Coordinator Sammi Firman loads food at Key Peninsula Middle School.
Local Groups and Schools Respond to Pandemic
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. more
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(top) Pierce County abatement operation underway. (below) Property owner Mark Scott discusses situation with Deputy Jeff Papen.
Unsafe Structures Removed from Lakebay Marina Property
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 … more
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Lives have been saved by signs posted by the coalition on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and in local parks.
Local Group Combats Suicide in Pandemic
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. more
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Rocky Creek Preserve
On Foot, Deep in Rocky Creek Preserve
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 … more
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Changing of the Guard at KP Community Council
Chuck West of Lakebay, who served three previous terms as president, was again elected president of the Key Peninsula Community Council by a vote of its seated 2021 directors during its regular meeting Dec. 9 via Zoom. more
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Another “normal” school day for Oliver DeShon, age 5, who attends pre-kindergarten at Evergreen Elementary. Oliver doesn’t know what school was like before COVID-19.
COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives as County Virus Rates Climb
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were administered to hospital staff in Seattle Dec. 15. more
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Dramatic End to Attempted County Health Dept. Takeover
A Pierce County Council attempt to terminate the 48-year-old agreement governing the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and place it under its own control came to an abrupt end Dec 15. more
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Many hands make light work as FB4K volunteers sort, pack and load food into waiting cars.
Backpacks for Kids Steps Up in Time of Need
Food Backpacks 4 Kids, now just over a decade old, transformed during the pandemic. In a matter of months, the organization more than doubled the amount of food going to families. more
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COVID-19 testing includes the very youngest of Peninsula students.
COVID-19 Testing Puts PSD in Groundbreaking Role
The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department launched a COVID-19 pilot testing program at three school districts in the county in December, including Peninsula, White River and Eatonville. more
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Looking SW toward Rocky Bay and Case Inlet.
Rocky Creek Preserve Expands by 150 Acres
The Great Peninsula Conservancy has acquired 150 acres of land in the Rocky Creek area for long-term protection and conservation, one of the largest acquisitions in its history. more
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