Vaughn News

Morgan Creek Farm's Donna White and Kimberly Oaks offer bouquets and cut flowers at their booth at the year's first Key Peninsula Farmers' Market.

Auburn police will say goodbye to one of their own this afternoon. Ronin, one of the department's two police service dogs, died June 6, succumbing quickly to a lung infection.

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Posted online at 7:48 a.m. Thursday A man killed Wednesday night after he reportedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run crash with a school bus has been identified as Donald Earl Auburn, 81. via Tacoma News Tribune

Pierce County sheriff's deputies say an elderly man fleeing from one crash has died in another near Purdy. via Seattle Times

“I could have made more in private practice but found the work personally rewarding”

With mom Diana Thomas monitoring the treatment, her son Isaiah is examined by Dr. via The Peninsula Gateway

The 24th annual Key Peninsula Citizen of the Year awards dinner will be held at 6 p.m. March 22 at the Key Peninsula Civic Center in Vaughn. via The Peninsula Gateway

“We have a lot of fun together”

Charlene Hagland of Lake Holiday and fellow Cootiette Nat Know serve birthday cake to residents of Gig Harbor Manor Care earlier this month. via The Peninsula Gateway

“The community request projects that we get are generally those that have strong local, private and other funding support. Typically, the state piece of it is the smallest piece and has to be associated with a definitive part of the project.”

A conservative think tank took aim at what it labels wasteful state spending Wednesday, releasing the first-ever Washington State Piglet Book at an Olympia press conference. via Bellingham Herald

“I want to stay close to my family”

Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto waves to the crowd after being named second runner-up during the Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday. via Yakima Herald-Republic

“I know it in my head, but I'm no good with writing or numbers.”

If the calls to our office are any indication, a number of you must have made a New Year's resolution to start a nonprofit organization. via Tacoma News Tribune

One of the byproducts of a rapidly growing community like ours is the proliferation of civic meetings and social activities. via The Peninsula Gateway

“It was very fun to watch the dog flushing these boys out of the bushes”

By Ed Friedrich Monday, December 31, 2007 BREMERTON Police hope they've put an end to burglars using Gold Mountain Golf Course as an amusement park. via Kitsap Sun

“We met monthly in our small group, and I feel fortunate to have had the support of an awesome professional group of teachers.”

A ripple of enthusiasm embraced teachers throughout the Peninsula School District this month. via The Peninsula Gateway

A young man has been charged with vehicular homicide in a one-car crash on the Key Peninsula. via KING-TV Seattle

Shoreline group examines geoduck farming The Case Inlet Shoreline Association will host a public meeting Thursday at the Key Peninsula Civic Center to discuss geoduck farming and its impacts along Case Inlet ... via Peninsula Gateway

A 61-year-old Gig Harbor resident reported that someone had surreptitiously entered his property and moved a 40-foot-long steel ship's mast from the blocks it was resting on to a drainage ditch nearby. via The Peninsula Gateway