Gig Harbor Community Member

Letter to the Editor | A founder’s statement to our community

Feb 03, 2026

Letter to the editor by Kelly Watson.

Letter to the Editor | Can’t support PSD levy request

Feb 03, 2026

Letter to the editor by Thomas Long of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the Editor | Infrastructure must come first

Feb 03, 2026

Letter to the editor by Barbara Moss of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the Editor | Why didn’t school district use interest to pay down the bond?

Feb 03, 2026

Letter to the editor by Doyle Hughes of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the Editor | Stop removing native plants

Jan 30, 2026

Letter to the editor by Melissa Sherwood of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the Editor | A ‘paramount duty’ can’t run on bake sales and band fees

Jan 29, 2026

Washington’s constitution is clear: public education is the state’s paramount duty. That promise should not depend on which communities can pass the biggest local levies. Yet across our state, districts are being pushed into a corner. Costs rise and needs rise, but too often state funding doesn’t keep pace — especially for special education, student

Letter to the Editor | Prepare for more gridlock in downtown Gig Harbor

Jan 26, 2026

Oh great. Now that they got Jeni (Woock) out of the way, the realtor/developers on our city council are already starting to plan multi-family housing projects in the Judson Street area and wanting to put in a stormwater runoff park to prepare for it. I have absolutely NO confidence in our city planners or city

Letter to the editor | Simple truths about government

Jan 20, 2026

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island.

In the Margins | Remembering a rarity: George F. Russell, Jr.

Jan 14, 2026

Chris Phillips pays tribute to business titan George F. Russell Jr., who was a ‘disrupter’ before that was a term and believed in “non-negotiable integrity.”

Letter to the editor | Delays stand in the way of senior housing

Jan 13, 2026

Kensington Gardens founder Kelly Watson responds to a recent decision by a Pierce County hearing examiner.