Peninsula School District announced Wednesday that Mike Benoit will be the new principal at Peninsula High School starting in the 2022-23 school year. Benoit, the current principal at Harbor Ridge Middle School, replaces Joe Potts, who is leaving PHS for a position with Bellevue School District as of Aug. 1. Benoit has been in education
The man’s girlfriend had gone to the neighbor’s home the previous night after the two had a fight.
Blair Suek has been named the new athletic director at Gig Harbor High School, the Peninsula School District announced July 28. Suek replaces Bob Werner, who retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year after 11 years leading the Tides’ athletics programs. Suek joins Gig Harbor from Steilacoom High, where she was the volleyball
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Gig Harbor and the wider Western Washington region for the week of July 25. The worst of the heat is expected to start Tuesday and last through Friday evening. The weather service forecasts temperatures to reach the mid-90s. Some things to know about this week’s heat
The 34-year-old man was a passenger in a car whose driver fell asleep and went into a ditch, according to the State Patrol.
Projects to replace fish-blocking culverts for Little Minter and Purdy creeks will bring alternating traffic, detours and lane shifting to Highway 302, the Highway 302 spur and Highway 16.
A fire heavily damaged two houses under construction near the corner of Hunt Street and 38th Avenue early Sunday, according to Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One social media posts. No injuries were reported. Investigators are currently trying to determine the cause of the fire. Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One has the Fire under
Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One knocked down a fire on a boat at Peninsula Yacht Basin, 8913 N. Harborview Drive, early Friday, July 15. The fire was contained to a single boat — an 80-foot yacht — with a second boat sustaining damage, according to GHFMO social media posts. Nobody was injured. A jogger
The following is from information sent by colleges to Gig Harbor Now and other community publications. College graduates Hannah Park of Gig Harbor earned a bachelor degree in music from the University of Alabama during its spring commencement ceremonies on May 6-8. Nicklas Yockey, of Gig Harbor, earned a bachelor of arts degree in marketing
The suspect presented a note to a teller but didn’t show a weapon.
