City adopts two measures in step toward aligning with state housing mandates
Oct 15, 2026The target area for the multifamily tax exemption program is the entirety of Gig Harbor, but the program does not require the city to change current zoning.
Council approves recommended lodging tax allocations
Oct 14, 2026The Chamber of Commerce, as the city’s tourism marketing arm, will get $442,000. Seven other groups will split the remaining $170,000.
Ballot measure would bring back holiday shuttle, increase bus service in Gig Harbor
Oct 14, 2026Pierce Transit’s Proposition 1 would increase the transit agency’s sales tax from 0.6% to 0.9%, allowing increased service on Route 100.
A barn and a boat top city’s 2027 legislative priority list
Oct 05, 2026Among other priorities, the city of Gig Harbor will ask the state to help fund a rehab of the Wilkinson Farm Park barn and to chip in for a new police boat.
City utility customers may face more rate increases
Sep 30, 2026Within the next 10 years, the city of Gig Harbor may need to drill a new well and upgrade its stormwater treatment plant. Those projects could force another rate increase.
City planning for reduction in sales tax revenue
Sep 29, 2026Due to the state government’s ongoing budget shortfall, the city is bracing for losing $465,000 to $930,000 in sales tax revenue.
Committee reworks funding recommendations for lodging tax grants
Sep 23, 2026The latest recommendation would steer more money toward the Chamber of Commerce, which handles tourism marketing for the city.
Mayor, council to get pay raises
Sep 21, 2026The city Salary Commission voted to increase the salary of the mayor and city council members by 5 percent, bringing the mayor’s monthly pay to $2,415 and each council member’s monthly pay to $840.
‘Man or Mountain’ ponders the final hours of a Northwest legend
Sep 21, 2026‘Man or Mountain,’ which debuts this week at the Gig Harbor Film Festival, imagines the final moments of Harry R. Truman, the 83-year-old man who refused to leave Mount St. Helens.
The Big Cheese reveals the soft heart, true grit of cheesemongering
Sep 17, 2026“The Big Cheese,” a documentary about American cheesemongers, leads off next week’s Gig Harbor Film Festival.