If you were lucky to buy or refinance during the COVID-19 pandemic, when interest rates were around 3% or less, you know you are sitting on a gold mine. But if the needs of your family changed in the meantime – you need another bedroom, an office, or want something updated and fresh – you
E. E. may not have had all his Marbles, given his curious reaction to finding a shark on a beach near Rosedale in 1907.
In what seems like clockwork, home prices in the greater Gig Harbor notched up again in May, with inventory making more significant gains. According to data from the NWMLS, the median sale price of a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows bridges, including Fox Island, rose 0.4% from April to May 2024 to $878,398.
Two lanes of the westbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge will close for repairs over Father’s Day weekend, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Monday. The two right lanes of the 1950-built bridge will close at 4 a.m. Saturday, June 15 and reopen at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 16. The ramp from Jackson Avenue in Tacoma
The post office was in a well-known building at the corner of Harborview and Pioneer — for most of 1951, anyway.
Jordan Roy Henderson, the Evergreen Elementary teacher accused of child molestation, was back in jail briefly on Friday after a report he violated parole by holding gatherings at his home with minors present. The court released Henderson following a hearing Friday and he returned to home detention on $750,000 bail as of Saturday morning. On leave
The beginning of an atmospheric river kept crowds down on the second day of the Maritime Gig Festival on Sunday, June 2, 2024. But the show went on, with the usual car show, musical performances and the annual Blessing of the Fleet. Click on any image below to view a gallery of pictures from Sunday.
Photographs from the Maritime Gig Festival parade on June 1, 2024. Pictures by Larry Steagall, Vince Dice and Chapin Day. Click on any image below to view the pictures as a gallery.
With the 2024 Maritime Gig Festival on tap this weekend, the Skansie Netshed is all dressed up — but it’s no place to go. Normally abuzz with visitors’ activity during the the annual fest, workers have garbed the historic shed in white vinyl tarps draped over skeletal scaffolding. It is closed to the public through
Sequim is more than just a rain shadow and that sweet-smelling plant. It offers history, hiking and more just a few hours’ drive away.
