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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Just like a novel, reading cookbooks has been a lifelong love of mine. While my cookbook collection has diminished over the years, thanks in part to both the internet and a need to downsize, it is …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Pierce County may someday teach you how to inspect your own septic system. The hope is to increase compliance by lowering costs.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The KP Fire District board of commissioners voted at its Feb. 27 meeting to place a renewal of an $800,000 annual maintenance and operations property tax measure on the Aug. 6 ballot.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
For nearly a quarter of a century, Lee Miller has been roaming the baselines and dugouts of the baseball fields at Volunteer Park, just south of Key Center.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Key Peninsula News spoke with former Peninsula and Gig Harbor High School student athletes about their opinions on recent changes in PSD athletics.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
I no longer remember when I first encountered the poems of W.S. Merwin, but it was likely in some snooty magazine back in the 1980s I had no business reading. Once discovered, I sought out his poetry …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Mira Sonnen is in awe of high school wrestling at the Tacoma Dome. The junior 140-pounder on the Peninsula Seahawks girls wrestling team found a spot near the mat to take in the atmosphere of …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
From 1995 to 2007 I was an active volunteer with the American Legion Auxiliary’s Girls State program. I lived in Indiana at the time and spent a week each summer volunteering at Hoosier Girls …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
I had almost forgotten about my first trip to the Key Peninsula until 2002 when I was driving my stepdaughter to a friend’s place in Lake of the Woods.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Another catchy title from the citiot’s desk, right? My last offering to this audience was “Math” in which I hoped to make some room in your heart for a topic that often frustrates. …
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
"We have four requests for the district in our letter: acknowledge the problem, adopt a restorative justice model, expand districtwide training, and hire diverse staff."
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The Key Peninsula Citizens Against Crime has transformed from a standalone group to a committee of the Key Peninsula Community Council with a new name - the Public Safety Committee.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Two student groups at Peninsula and Gig Harbor High Schools have formed to push back against what they call a complacent and at times hostile environment.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Four parcels donated to Great Peninsula Conservancy extend the preserve to the Pitt Passage shoreline.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Talking about mental health struggles and suicide helps prevent misinformation and can help an adult meet a child where they are, without fearing judgment.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tessa Booth is a 17-year-old junior at Peninsula High School preparing to publish her first book, a mental health manual, “You Are Not Alone" as the culmination for her Gold Award for Girl Scouts.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
A teacher at Evergreen Elementary School was put on administrative leave by the Peninsula School District in early March after allegations of “misconduct toward students.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
A rollover car accident at approximately 5:15 p.m. March 5 blocked the Key Peninsula Highway in both directions just north of Key Center for 45 minutes, leading to substantial traffic at a busy hour.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Watch a nettle emerge from the spring soil and tell me it doesn’t remind you of a butterfly crawling from its chrysalis.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
A church-sponsored trip to Morocco led the Easley family to decades of relief work in a country they grew to love. Their work is focused on building earthquake-proof housing for those in greatest need.
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Health disparities combined with willing community partners have brought resources from the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department to the Key Peninsula.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Key Peninsula Fire Board Commissioner Frank Grubaugh, 78, announced his resignation effective immediately at the end of the commissioners meeting March 12.
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