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  • Local Ghost Hunters Document Paranormal Experiences on YouTube

    Eddie Macsalka, Key Peninsula News|Updated Sep 28, 2023

    Derek Grannes and Alex Donahou were tossing back a few drinks at The Floatation Device Pub & Grill near the Purdy Spit last December. Nothing strange about friends of nearly 20 years getting together for some beer and tequila to celebrate the holidays. But then from out of nowhere, Donahou asked Grannes a pretty strange question: "Have you ever wanted to go ghost hunting?" Even stranger: Grannes was about to ask him the same thing. Earlier that month Grannes had a vivid dream...

  • Longbranch Photographer Shares Her Art of Storytelling

    Eddie Macsalka, Key Peninsula News|Updated Jul 27, 2023

    Gretchen Shepherd was getting ready to head to church camp at Camp Ghormley near Yakima. It was summer in the 1960s, and to capture the special moments between all the worship and fellowship, her grandma let the 10-year-old borrow her camera. Shepherd spent the week snapping photos of the new friends she made and all the daily festivities. The camera felt natural in her hands, so once camp was over she dreaded returning it to her grandma. "She never asked for it back,"...

  • Harmony on Horseback: Local Teen Competes for Spot on U.S. Equestrian Team

    Eddie Macsalka, Key Peninsula News|Updated Jun 21, 2023

    It seems like a circus act, but it's in a barn. It looks like gymnastics, but there's no mat. It feels like figure skating, but it's on dirt. It's kind of like dancing, but it's on a horse. For an equestrian competition that's been going on for centuries, horse vaulting is tough to describe to those who don't know about it. But for Longbranch native Genna Downen, it was an easy sell. Genna is one of the top junior-level vaulters in the country and is one of eight finalists...

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