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Investigation documents reveal details of highly tense Fish Bowl

Dec 08 2023

News

Harbor Happenings: Lighted boat parade brightens up the bay

Dec 06, 2023

Sports Beat: Peninsula girls basketball looking for another league title

Dec 08, 2023

Rotary clubs announce STAR Award honorees

Dec 07, 2023

Photo of Burley Lagoon and public notice sign about proposal to farm geoducks

Photo of Burley Lagoon and public notice sign about proposal to farm geoducks

Proponents, foes of Burley Lagoon geoduck farm to face off at March 2024 hearings

Dec 07, 2023

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Arts & Entertainment

Christmas tree ceremony flips the switch on the holiday season

Dec 05, 2023

Gig Harbor Now and Then: Here’s where locals got their turkeys in the 1940s

Dec 04, 2023

Grinch moves from Rosedale to Skansie Park

Nov 29, 2023

Harbor Happenings: City flips the holiday lights on this week

Nov 28, 2023

Business

Patterson’s Market back for another Christmas at a new location

Dec 04, 2023

Developments would bring more than 150 residences to Swede Hill

Nov 28, 2023

Business spotlight: Telling your story with R Storie

Nov 27, 2023

Pierce County offers holiday shuttle connecting Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor

Nov 24, 2023

Community

Rotary clubs announce STAR Award honorees

Dec 07, 2023

PenMet community recreation center becoming reality in 2024

Dec 05, 2023

FISH holiday toy drive operating in new warehouse but filling the same need

Dec 01, 2023

In the Margins: It’s time for humanity to take off its training wheels

Nov 15, 2023

Education

Investigation documents reveal details of highly tense Fish Bowl

Dec 08, 2023

A bus drops off students at Gig Harbor High School

Peninsula School District warns parents of temporary bus route cancelations

Dec 06, 2023

Denny Dale broadcasts his 1,000th show Monday, April 3, from the radio studio at Peninsula High.

School district, community groups ponder fate of KGHP radio station

Nov 09, 2023

Elementary students get ready to rhumba with ballroom dance lessons

Nov 08, 2023

Environment

Jennifer Preston: All mushrooms are magic

Nov 08, 2023

Photo of Burley Lagoon and public notice sign about proposal to farm geoducks

Photo of Burley Lagoon and public notice sign about proposal to farm geoducks

Proponents, foes of Burley Lagoon geoduck farm to face off at March 2024 hearings

Dec 07, 2023

Jennifer Preston: Presence, not presents

Dec 06, 2023

Project engineer Justin Janke, on the lagoon side of the bridge, describes how the streambed was built to keep the creek on the surface. The area fills up with seawater during high tides.

Project engineer Justin Janke, on the lagoon side of the bridge, describes how the streambed was built to keep the creek on the surface. The area fills up with seawater during high tides.

Highway 302 Spur bridge opening Saturday

Nov 29, 2023

Government

A photo of the front of Gig Harbor City Hall.

City Council gets first look at revised budget

Nov 30, 2023

Turnout in 2023 election slightly higher in Gig Harbor than elsewhere in county

Nov 28, 2023

Picture of the front of Gig Harbor City Hall

Gig Harbor City Council slightly increases property tax rate

Nov 17, 2023

A photo of the front of Gig Harbor City Hall.

In-person vs. virtual meetings at heart of disagreement between council member, mayor

Nov 14, 2023

Health & Wellness

Tracy Cram Perkins: Tips for simplifying the holidays for those with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia

Nov 21, 2023

Jennifer Preston: Foraging for the fungus among us

Nov 15, 2023

Wellness Wednesday: Men’s health awareness during No Shave November

Nov 15, 2023

Local rotarian Denny Wilford featured at Gates Foundation’s World Polio Day

Oct 23, 2023

Police & Fire

Fire district headquarters building flooded following November storm

Nov 30, 2023

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Shoplifter’s getaway car gets away

Nov 30, 2023

Police find 66-year-old man dead of apparent suicide after woman reports being held against her will

Nov 20, 2023

A Gig Harbor Police Department cruiser

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Suspect Tases woman during robbery attempt

Nov 16, 2023

Sports

New faces abound for Gig Harbor boys and girls basketball teams

Dec 01, 2023

Sports Beat: Volleyball teams narrowly miss medal-round rematch

Nov 24, 2023

Sports Beat: Volleyball teams qualify for state tournament

Nov 17, 2023

Gig Harbor grad Rivera carves out a comfort zone in Cheney

Nov 14, 2023

Transportation

Overnight work planned for this week on Highway 302 spur

Oct 23, 2023

Don’t expect to see ramp meters on eastbound Highway 16 used very often

Oct 16, 2023

Ramp meters on eastbound Highway 16 on-ramps to be activated soon

Oct 03, 2023

Pierce Transit restoring partial trolley service beginning July 1

Jun 01, 2023

2023 Students of Distinction

Meet Gig Harbor’s 2023 Students of Distinction

May 12, 2023

Wren Rioux is committed to fighting stereotypes

May 12, 2023

Rianne Dooley went from shy and introverted to star of stage

May 12, 2023

Reese Morkert won state cross country championship

May 12, 2023

Photo galleries

Photo gallery: 2023 Christmas tree lighting ceremony

Dec 05, 2023

Photo gallery: 2023 Turkey Trot

Nov 27, 2023

Photo gallery: 2023 LeMans sailboat race

Nov 24, 2023

Photo gallery: 2023 ChumFest

Nov 24, 2023

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