It’s not easy to be a parent. Being a parent in a rural community brings its own set of additional challenges.
“It is a daycare desert,” said Madison Johnson, mother of a baby …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/28/22
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Parents of Key Peninsula Middle School students are claiming bullying is an ongoing issue unchecked by school administration, notably Principal Jeri Goebel …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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12/28/22
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Two months ago, operations in several local hospitals, emergency rooms and outpatient clinics in the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health network hit a wall. The electronic health record system was not …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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11/30/22
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The Mustard Seed Project celebrated its opening of the first assisted living residence for elders on the Key Peninsula November 12 after one year of construction and 16 of dreaming, planning, working …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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11/30/22
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Walking into The Wreath Works gift shop in Port Orchard, the fragrant smell of freshly cut fir boughs is overwhelming. “I bet it smells nice,” said longtime owner Phil Hunter. “I …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/30/22
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The site of YMCA Camp Seymour and of the Olde Glencove Hotel, the sheltered bay has a long history.
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Joseph Pentheroudakis, KP News
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11/30/22
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The Washington State Department of Transportation announced November 15 that a culvert replacement beneath the State Route 302 spur on Purdy Drive, south of 144th Street NW, has been …
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Staff Report
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11/30/22
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Key Peninsula News received two large boxes of past editions after the KP Historical Society did some end of summer cleaning in August. Most of the copies were duplicate editions that had already …
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Staff Report
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11/30/22
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A Key Peninsula tradition — rowing to a favorite spot to set out a crab pot or wading during low tide with a net or a pitchfork to scoop up a meal’s worth of fresh crab — came to a …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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11/30/22
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The Peninsula School District board of directors voted at its November 9 meeting to put two property tax levies to the voters in an election scheduled for Feb. 14, 2023.
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Staff Report
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11/30/22
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Key Peninsula Fire District 16 has closed an anticipated year-end budget gap and is making slow progress developing plans for the Key Center real estate it acquired at the end of last year, according …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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10/27/22
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KP News staff and contributors earned 14 awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 2022 Better Newspaper Contest.
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Staff Report
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10/27/22
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The 18th semi-annual candidate forum took place before a crowd of 100 or more at the Key Peninsula Civic Center October 11, and was mostly civil but for the behavior of one participant. The …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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10/27/22
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Key Peninsula Community Services Executive Director Willow Eaton can pretty much sum up the current economics of a nonprofit food bank in one sentence: “The demand is up, but the supply is …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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10/27/22
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In 2018, Hannah Lekson had an itch she just couldn’t scratch.
It had been a little more than two years since her last game with the University of Puget Sound Loggers womens basketball team. …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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10/27/22
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Pastor Mark Klingler opened the new doors of WayPoint South for worship September 4 at the former location of Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church on McEwan Road NW and Key Peninsula Highway NW. …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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10/27/22
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Key Peninsula residents have turned to wireless hotspots and satellite service for solutions to inadequate internet access as Pierce County’s plan to expand access to broadband moves forward. …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/27/22
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In October Pierce County plans to sign a contract with a broadband franchise to provide high speed internet service through a privatized fiberoptic network to 526 households on the north Key …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/27/22
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The fruit harvest will be low in home orchards across the Key Peninsula this year.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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9/28/22
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Inside the light blue building of the Key Center Corral is an inconspicuous barbershop with an identity problem.
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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9/28/22
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