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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5/31/23
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It seems like a circus act, but it’s in a barn. It looks like gymnastics, but there’s no mat. It feels like figure skating, but it’s on dirt. It’s kind of like dancing, but …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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5/31/23
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“What’s the beach offering today?” Shannon Fenton asked herself.
A recent storm had churned the water in Case Inlet. It was high tide and overcast on a late March morning, and …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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4/27/23
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The wren is basically a mouse. It weaves through ferns. Then it appears on a stump not 10 feet away. It glances at us and, without a second thought, goes about its inspection of the stump’s …
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Chris Rurik, 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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Besides the occasional sound of plastic hitting a metal chain, Volunteer Park is quiet on an early Friday afternoon.
“Look, disc golfers are the only ones here when there’s no baseball …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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3/29/23
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Wauna resident Erden Eruç, 61, ended his quest to complete his second human-powered solo circumnavigation March 15 in the Philippines …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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3/29/23
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Visitors pass through the Key Peninsula and notice only our impressive trees. Those who know the terrain well know how much can be concealed here.
Camouflaged critters exploit psychology as …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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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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12/28/22
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I’m not sure how I see them. It is the most turbulent day of winter yet. Wind tears through the firs that surround Key Center. I scuttle across the highway and aim for Capitol Lumber, eyes …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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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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On a normal Sunday afternoon in October most Western Washington residents are dodging damp weather to watch a Seattle Seahawks win.
This wasn’t a normal October Sunday. It was 72 degrees and …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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10/27/22
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“What pines? Where are these pines?” asked my birding friend after I mentioned I’d been getting to know western white pine, the forgotten conifer of our Key Peninsula forest.
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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9/28/22
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In 2018 the top broke off a tall Douglas fir and fell into YMCA Camp Seymour’s amphitheater, smashing several rows of benches and destroying the fire pit ring. No campers were present at the …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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8/31/22
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Welcome to September. Short and golden blaze the final days of summer. The atmosphere stirs. Chickadees, nuthatches, creepers and kinglets gather into acrobatic groups. Blackberries are again …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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8/31/22
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At the end of the school year, the big question for parents is: “How will my kid spend the summer?” The Red Barn Youth Center’s summer program may have an …
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Carolyn Wiley, KP News
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6/29/22
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Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz visited Lakebay Marina June 4 in part to celebrate the partnership to save the iconic facility and to see for herself what the Department of …
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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6/29/22
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The muddy easement passes two just-built houses and a fifth-wheel before plunging into the woods. Then the roadbed itself plunges down a ravine. A landslide has scooped away the hillside below, …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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6/1/22
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The nationwide program Girls on the Run returned this spring to Evergreen Elementary School for a 12-week season. Eighteen girls from third through fifth grade met after school twice a week for …
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Krisa Bruemmer, KP News
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6/1/22
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