Film Festival packs ’em in again
Oct 08, 2025Top awards at the 2025 Gig Harbor Film Festival went to Best Director John Gray for “A Guest in My Country” and Best Actor Bella Zoe Martinez for “Once More, Like Rain Man.”
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Grave matters of life, death and debt
Oct 06, 2025John Giblin’s grave isn’t lost after all. Neither is that of John Farragut (or Farrague?), but the man buried there is owed some money.
Washington tax receipts expected to slide further
Sep 25, 2025Lawmakers raised taxes in several areas during the 2025 legislative session, but revenues are falling fall short of what they expected.
Day Tripper | Taking a peak around the place where Twin Peaks was filmed
Sep 24, 2025Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams ventures to North Bend, which has the last Starbuck’s before Snoqualmie Pass, some aging outlet malls and a cult classic TV history.
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Activity jumps to three-year highs in August
Sep 24, 2025There were 83 pending sales in the Gig Harbor area in August, a 54% increase from one year ago.
Both 26th District candidates lean toward the center at Vaughn forum
Sep 23, 2025Democrat Krishnadasan says. her party needs to ‘change direction,’ while Republican Caldier says the state Senate race has ‘absolutely nothing to do’ with Trump.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Dying was trying in the early days of the Peninsula
Sep 22, 2025In the days before the Gig Harbor Peninsula had cemeteries or funeral homes, passing away was a real hassle.
Expansion joint again forces lane closures on westbound Narrows Bridge
Sep 15, 2025The right two lanes of the older bridge will close on Friday and Saturday, again for repair of an expansion joint.
Willits Canoes documentary making film festival debut in Gig Harbor
Sep 11, 2025‘Makers on the Tides’ tells the story of the Willits brothers, who made their canoes on Wollochet Bay starting in 1914.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | How the story of the Donkey Creek Bridge took a sharp turn
Sep 08, 2025Why did so many people crash off the old wooden bridge in the 1920s and ’30s? You might say it’s Bremerton’s fault.