Grown-up PenMet Parks celebrating 20th anniversary
May 20, 2024The effort to build more and better parks got a huge boost when a 2002 change of state law enabled metropolitan park districts to form in unincorporated areas.
Kopachuck State Park closing for more than year on June 3
May 13, 2024A multipurpose building, welcome center, play area, amphitheater and other features will be added to turn it into a full-fledged day-use park after the campground was forced to close years ago.
Investigation faults Caldier for naming names
May 06, 2024An inquiry alleges that state Rep. Michelle Caldier’s press release responding to an earlier investigation retaliates against staff complainants.
PenMet creating Peninsula Gardens master plan
Apr 23, 2024PenMet Parks enlisted help in determining the future of its Peninsula Gardens property. PenMet commissioners at their April 16 meeting hired AHBL, Inc. of Tacoma to help staff and the public produce a master plan for the former nursery. The contract pays up to $139,000 for work through the end of the year, according to
Varying boundaries influence how we live, what taxes we pay
Apr 15, 2024Counties, cities, park districts, fire departments, transit agencies and legislative bodies all serve certain areas that rarely are the same.
Pierce Transit debuts door-to-door, on-demand van service
Apr 02, 2024Runner van service costs the same as the bus and is limited to destinations within the Gig Harbor city limits.
Food back in, events out at Olalla Bay Market
Mar 31, 2024Kitsap County is allowing Olalla Bay Market to resume serving food and drinks while it seeks a restaurant permit, but says there’s no avenue to events returning.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling could creep into 2033
Mar 28, 2024Three of the past four annual reports project that increasing insurance and operating costs could extend tolls a few months beyond their anticipated removal date.
Feasibility studies recommend contiguous recreation, senior, aquatics centers
Mar 21, 2024PenMet also advanced a master plan for Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve to the final design phase.
Salvagers beat bulldozers to native plants
Mar 11, 2024Conservation enthusiasts dug up plants Saturday morning in a forest that will soon be cleared for a portion of the Gig Harbor Sports Complex. Phase 1B — which will include three bocce ball courts, six pickleball courts, two playgrounds, an event lawn with a covered stage, two picnic shelters and a restroom/concessions building — is