KGHP-FM station manager Spencer Abersold saw the proverbial writing on the wall that his job was nearing an end. He had been hearing rumblings that the 35-year-old Peninsula School District …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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4/27/23
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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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For Jim Watts, spring means time on the road with hundreds of thousands of bees in his truck. One by one he visits an ever-growing list of home orchards, hobby farms, clearcuts and gardens. At each, …
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Chris Rurik, 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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Marcia Harris of Longbranch received the 36th Key Peninsula Lions Club Citizen of the Year Award during a ceremony and celebration at the KP Civic Center March 25 for her decades of service to the …
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Ted Olinger, 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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Jennifer Buys quickly deflected all questions about her.
As her team prepared for a tournament, the Peninsula High School Unified Basketball coach made sure the focus was on her team. Her …
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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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Sometime around Christmas 2021, Evergreen Elementary School second-grader Brayden VanderDoes lost his appetite.
Then he began to vomit. Every day.
In the coming weeks he lost his energy and …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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3/1/23
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In early December 2016, Washington State Rep. Michelle Caldier (R-26th) was awakened by a crushing pain on the side of her head. She suddenly lost vision in her left eye from acute glaucoma, a …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/1/23
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Longtime KP booster Carolyn Wiley of Longbranch was honored with a Rotary Star Award Feb. 3 at the 11th annual dinner ceremony presented by the local Gig Harbor Rotary Clubs.
Each Gig Harbor …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/1/23
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For most people on the Key Peninsula, Himalayan blackberry bushes are a minor nuisance. For Farrell and Laurie Timlake, they were a major problem …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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3/1/23
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Leiston Stoddard was recently named to the U.S. Youth Soccer National Select team …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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3/1/23
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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2/1/23
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Ed Gilkison is a creature of habit.
The 67-year-old has lived in the same Lakebay area since 1966. He starts every morning with a cup of percolated Folgers coffee. He regularly digs through shoe …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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12/28/22
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Longtime Key Peninsula resident, champion tree-topper, Huckleberry Inn bartender and renowned leg wrestler Sue Taylor died peacefully at her Burley home October 20. She was 67 years old.
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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11/30/22
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Late this summer Lexy Naut was in the backyard of her Key Peninsula home raking leaves. The chore isn’t as luxurious as her normal pencil-to-paper animation job, but it’s a nice break …
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Eddie Macsalka, KP News
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11/30/22
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Vaughn residents Anna Brones and Luc Revel celebrated the dedication of the installation of their work at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in September. It is the …
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Sara Thompson, 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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