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Wednesday, February 1
Harnessing fusion energy as a source for carbon-free, near limitless electricity seemed much closer last November when the Department of Energy breathlessly announced a key advance: there was a …
Wednesday, February 1
We were on Pirates of the Caribbean, my 6-year-old daughter wide-eyed with glee for the realism and mystery, while my 3-year-old son quickly closed his eyes and put his head down in my lap — …
Wednesday, February 1
It looks like 2023, the Year of the Rabbit, is already shaping up to be quite newsy. On the heels of publishing our 50th Anniversary Edition in January, duly recorded as Volume 50 Number 1, Key …
Wednesday, February 1
At some point a grave is no longer a grave, just a depression. Then a disturbance in the soil. Then part of the garden, a pile of rocks. (She’s gone.) Lots of rocks down here.
Wednesday, February 1
Kari Trivette has a great deal of experience with the Peninsula School District. Her kids attended Minter Creek Elementary, Harbor Ridge Middle School, and graduated from Peninsula High School with …
Wednesday, February 1
The Taylor Shellfish Co. plan to convert part of its existing manila clam and oyster beds in Burley Lagoon to geoduck aquaculture has moved forward. Fourteen months after seeking comments on a draft, …
Wednesday, February 1
For Heidi Michaelson, the memory of what happened at what is now the Lake Kathryn Food Market the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2012, is still fresh in her mind. “I walk in there today and just …
Wednesday, February 1
My husband, Bill, recovering from minor surgery, slept in the downstairs bedroom. Rather than bother him during the night, I slept on the sofa a few feet from the door to the bedroom so I could hear …
Wednesday, February 1
January 15: The one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is approaching. The invaders crossed the border Feb. 24, 2022. I arrived in the city of Przemyśl, Poland, in early March last …
Wednesday, February 1
As a former Key Peninsula Middle School employee and a parent that sent two kids through KPMS, the issue of bullying has nothing to do with the current administration: specifically, Principal Jeri …
Wednesday, February 1
The Peninsula School District is running two levies in February. As a retired high school counselor and current volunteer with AVID students, I hope I can count on your yes vote for both. These …
Wednesday, February 1
Comcast and Pierce County finalized an agreement in January to bring high speed internet to at least 526 homes and businesses on the north end of the Key Peninsula. The approximately $5 million …
Wednesday, February 1
The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Dean Ryan Jones of Gig Harbor, 42, with vehicular homicide in December for his role in a collision that killed a Key Peninsula woman last …
Wednesday, February 1
The Key Peninsula Lions Club will hold its 36th annual Key Peninsula Citizen of the Year Award banquet at the KP Civic Center March 25 beginning at 6 p.m. The long-standing ceremony had been …
Wednesday, February 1
Wednesday, February 1
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and the need to do something special for the person that adds light into your life can be overwhelming. You love them, and every year you feel like you must …
Wednesday, February 1
In 1986, an 18-year-old white woman named Ronda Morrison was murdered during an apparent sexual assault at the dry cleaners where she worked in Monroeville, Alabama. The community was stunned but …
Wednesday, February 1
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 …
Wednesday, February 1
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 …
Wednesday, February 1
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 …
Tuesday, January 31
We published more stories and photos than ever, delivered online to 78,000 viewers and in print with 126,000 newspapers. In 2022, the newspaper won another 14 awards in the statewide Better …
Sunday, January 29
Virginia Thompson of Lakebay died January 3. She was 99 years old. Daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend. Writer, painter, teacher. Virginia was all of these …
Sunday, January 29
Susan Henry of Vaughn died October 20. She was 73 years old. Sue was born in 1949 on Vashon Island to George and Mary Alice Schoeppel and was later raised by her stepmother, Ruby Schoeppel. She …
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