Local bank branch’s team is leading the most important Relay race
Mar 03, 2026The American Cancer Society named a team representing the Gig Harbor branch of Commencement Bank as its Nationwide Corporate Relay for Life Team of the Year for 2025.
Being Neighborly | High school clubs are Key to serving the community
Feb 20, 2026Key Clubs at Peninsula and Gig Harbor high schools, sponsored by the Kiwanis, provide hundreds of hours of volunteer work and raise thousands of dollars for local causes.
Business planned for Harborview Drive hopes to offer a place for Gig Harbor to gather
Feb 18, 2026gather Gig Harbor (with a small ‘g’) would offer a market, meeting space and connection at a building its owners recently acquired along the downtown waterfront.
Gig Harbor-based business helps its clients navigate grief
Feb 02, 2026The Far North, a grief and wellness venture, provides support for grieving people in general and specifically for those who lost a family member to a homicide.
Being Neighborly | His handmade toys bring Christmas joy
Jan 22, 2026Don Weatherby of Gig Harbor makes and donates toy trucks, planes and boats for the Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH toy drive every year.
Local Night to Shine event looking for ‘buddy’ volunteers
Jan 19, 2026Night to Shine buddies escort guests and help make the prom-style event memorable for the special needs guests.
After 50-day stay in NICU, this family wanted to give back
Jan 16, 2026Tessa and Jack Lindley organized a drive to help families with babies in the NICU, or neonatal intensive care unit, at St. Joe’s in Tacoma.
FISH celebrates 50 years of neighbors helping neighbors
Jan 15, 2026As the nonprofit marks its 50th anniversary, Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH honors the hundreds of volunteers who make the organization’s work possible.
Being Neighborly | Middle schoolers raised $2,000 for Basket Brigade
Dec 19, 2025Six Kopachuck students made it their mission to help provide Thanksgiving meals for needy families in the area.
Senior center construction could begin in 2028
Dec 18, 2025The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation announced plans for a new, $14 million senior center at the corner of Point Fosdick Drive and 36th Street NW.