Gig Harbor speech and debate making a persuasive case
Jan 24, 2023Members of the Gig Harbor High School speech and debate team are competing in person this year for the first time since the pandemic. During the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons,
School district investigating alleged racist comment at girls basketball game
Jan 23, 2023Peninsula School District has launched an investigation into claims of racist comments made at a Jan. 11 girls basketball game between Peninsula High School and Gig Harbor High School. The
Curious by Nature outdoor preschool adds new campus
Jan 18, 2023The day the barred owl arrived, children at Curious by Nature outdoor preschool watched in rapt attention, listening quietly. Back in the classroom, their questions and speculation about the mysterious
Business Spotlight: New clinic offers 24/7 vet care, specialty services
Jan 09, 2023Clinics offering 24/7 emergency vet care on this side of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge are few and far between. Recent changes at Uptown Animal Hospital and the opening of a
Peninsula elementary students take their learning outdoors
Dec 15, 2022A gaggle of 4- and 5-year-old students at Evergreen Elementary stood in line, squirming with excitement Tuesday at the gated entrance to a wide-open field graced only by a circle
Discovery Elementary to get classroom doors
Dec 14, 2022Last spring, parents and staff at Discovery Elementary School sounded off on a long-standing safety issue at the school, which lacks interior classroom doors in its main wing. The school,
Get information on Peninsula Schools’ levies at meetings in January
Dec 09, 2022Peninsula School District has set three meetings in January to inform the public about two levies that will be on the Feb. 14 ballot. District leaders will present information about
Harbor Heights students want more accessible playground
Nov 30, 2022Olivia and Maddie DeRespini have taken over the family’s dining table, which is covered in skeins of yarn, scissors and other crafting materials. The sisters are busy making as many
Peninsula High students collecting teddy bears for kids in Ukraine
Nov 23, 2022Playing alone in a gymnasium with tall windows and green walls, Arseniy, 6, bounces a basketball and aims over and over for the hoop, impossibly high. “When they shoot, I
Fox Island group a model for disaster preparedness
Nov 17, 2022There’s nothing like living on an island with a 68-year-old bridge to make you think, “What’s going to happen when The Big One hits?” Jim Braden and Doug Nelson have