My first solo rescue call was an injured bald eagle spotted on the ground near the Stillaguamish River. The bird’s broken wing prevented any …
more
Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
|
9/1/19
|
I like firearms — let’s get that straight. When my eyes were sharper and my back was straighter, I was a crack shot. Among other things in my …
more
Ted Olinger, KP News
|
9/1/19
|
The world recently lost one of the most profound voices of our time, Toni Morrison. This Nobel laureate and recipient of the Presidential Medal of …
more
Meredith Browand
|
9/1/19
|
In July I spent a week in the North Cascades, in the shadow of Mount Baker. It reminded me that we are blessed to live amid some of the most …
more
Dan Whitmarsh
|
9/1/19
|
As I walked down the dusty gravel road, carrying my brown paper lunch bag, happily anticipating the first day of school in the second grade, I twirled …
more
Phyllis Henry
|
9/1/19
|
In the early hours of June 24, thieves forced entry into the Lakebay Post Office, stealing mail and packages and leaving security-minded post office box holders wondering …
more
Alice Kinerk, KP News
|
8/1/19
|
The Case Inlet toxic bloom is one of several tracked around the Key Peninsula.
more
Sara Thompson, KP News
|
8/1/19
|
Unsightly and unhealthy, fresh water algae blooms are becoming more common.
On July 8, Don Thomson found himself posting signs warning …
more
Sara Thompson, KP News
|
8/1/19
|
The Key Peninsula is a community where being different turns out to be a very good thing. When the Key Peninsula News joined the Washington …
more
Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor, KP News
|
8/1/19
|
Volunteering for civic organizations on the Key Peninsula is often associated with rearranging furniture, separating the recyclables, and raising enormous …
more
Ted Ralston
|
8/1/19
|
If you’re lucky enough to live on the Key Peninsula, you probably have the chance to visit Puget Sound beaches more often than the …
more
Nancyrose Houston
|
8/1/19
|
First to break the morning stillness is the drumming and wik-wik-wik of a flicker, muffled somewhat by a thick clump of alder and cedars. A band-tailed pigeon …
more
Joseph Pentheroudakis
|
8/1/19
|
Washington State is located in the soggy northwest corner of the continental U.S. The Key Peninsula is the southernmost peninsula of Puget Sound, an inner …
more
Alice Kinerk
|
8/1/19
|
Click on the image below to take a short survey and tell us what you think. We'd love to hear from you.
Thank you!
more
8/1/19
|
Thank you for another great edition of the KP News in July. I’ve had the honor to pilot a couple of Honor Flights. We treat these as an opportunity to show our respect for the …
more
8/1/19
|
An accidental summer guest flew in on a wing and quickly realized he’d made a big mistake. Like most startled birds, he instinctively flew …
more
Lisa Bryan, Executive Editor
|
7/1/19
|
To my knowledge, scientific inquiry into the topic of Corpulent Polarity is limited. My serious research began in the early 1980s, …
more
Carolyn Wiley, KP News
|
7/1/19
|
Because an earthquake could happen at any moment, a wise thing to know is what to do when that earthquake begins. Here are the first of nine steps that emergency …
more
Curt Scott
|
7/1/19
|
Remember the last time you were wading at the shore in your bare feet, anticipating the next wave, letting the water rush over your toes and up your ankles and …
more
Vicki Husted Biggs
|
7/1/19
|
Last fall my wife and I were approached by a good friend of ours who has a developmentally delayed (we shall henceforth refer to this as DD) son of …
more
Rob Vajko
|
7/1/19
|
UNDERWRITTEN BY NEWSMATCH/MIAMI FOUNDATION, THE ANGEL GUILD, ROTARY CLUB OF GIG HARBOR, ADVERTISERS, DONORS AND PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT LOCAL, INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT NEWS