Sara Thompson, KP News
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2/1/23
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Key Peninsula News received approval of its application for 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service in January. The tax designation enables the 50-year-old publication …
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Staff Report
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2/1/23
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A shoreline summer camp, the former site of an iconic lighthouse, a working sheep farm and over 1,000 feet of mainstem Minter Creek are among seven properties that two local land trusts worked to …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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2/1/23
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The Key Peninsula board of fire commissioners voted 4-0 to approve its 2023 budget for Fire District 16 at its November 22 meeting. The fifth commissioner had an excused …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/28/22
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The only Cub Scout Pack on the Key Peninsula is at risk of being disbanded after a lack of volunteers and low funding due to poor popcorn sales, the pack’s main fundraiser.
Cub Scout Pack …
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Staff Report
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12/28/22
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At the Key Pen Park board of commissioners meeting December 14, the board responded to an earlier proposal presented by a group of community leaders.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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12/28/22
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The Key Peninsula Fire Department had been contemplating replacement of Station 46, its district headquarters, for some years without a specific plan when three real estate parcels in Key Center came …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/28/22
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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 New
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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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