Peninsula School District getting first new food service provider in decades
Jun 16, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryAramark takes over the contract from Sodexo starting next fall. Here’s what will be on the menu.
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Herons Key awards nearly $40,000 in scholarships to 16 local graduating seniors
Jun 12, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonSixteen local graduating seniors received scholarships ranging from $1,250 to $2,500 from residents at the senior housing community.
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Legislation makes opening a child care a little easier
Jun 10, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonAs Kimberly Shaw recalls her arduous four-year journey to open the first licensed child-care center on the Key Peninsula, she holds an infant boy in her lap. Getting a permit for a child-care center has been more difficult than Shaw, director of the nonprofit Key Peninsula Cooperative Preschool, initially envisioned. The process has been filled
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Being Neighborly | The No. 1 fan, and booster, of local sports teams
Jun 01, 2025 | By: Marsha HartSome people call Pat Furman, owner of The Floatation Device in Purdy, the town’s unofficial mayor.
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Peninsula School Board suspends controversial staff expression policy
May 22, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryThe policy said that the district could fire teachers whose online speech “has an adverse impact on district operations.”
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Peninsula School District’s NJROTC unit to march in National Memorial Day Parade
May 21, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryThe TideHawks NJROTC team from the Peninsula School District will represent Washington state in the 250th National Memorial Day Parade on Monday.
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Pierce County libraries could lose access to some services due to federal funding cuts
May 15, 2025 | By: Marsha HartHarbor History Museum and other local institutions also face the potential loss of grant funds and other revenue sources.
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About 50 students at Discovery Elementary sick in suspected norovirus outbreak
May 12, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffAbout 50 students at Discovery Elementary School are sick in what the Tacoma-Pierce County Health District believes is an outbreak of norovirus. A Peninsula School District statement said school administrators identified a possible problem on Thursday, May 8. By Friday, 50 students were absent or went home early. Norovirus is a highly contagious disease that
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Some services at Pierce County libraries remain unavailable due to ‘technical issues’
May 08, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe library system says its investigation into what caused the problem is ongoing, and it doesn’t have an estimate on when service will be restored.
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Peninsula Schools administrators address outcry over staffing shifts
May 07, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryPeninsula School District says it is involuntarily transferring 24 teachers, including some elementary STEM specialists, to head off a budget crisis.
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