Rep. Hutchins not pursuing re-election in 26th District
Feb 06, 2024State Rep. Spencer Hutchins, R-Gig Harbor, announced in a press release Tuesday that the government post is cutting into his ability to provide for his family.
State DOT explains why Wednesday’s Narrows Bridge repairs were an emergency
Feb 02, 2024Emergency repairs to the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge backed up traffic to I-5 on Wednesday, Jan. 31, and left commuters wondering what the heck the state Department of Transportation was thinking. The agency explained its reasoning on Thursday. “We know a lot of people were frustrated. So what happened?” WSDOT wrote in a statement in
Minerva Scholarship application cycle opens
Jan 22, 2024The Minerva Scholarship Fund’s 2024-’25 application cycle is now open. The application deadline is March 31. Women who live or work within Peninsula School District boundaries, and who have experienced at least a one-year interruption in their education and intend to return to complete a degree or certification, are eligible to apply. Click here to
King tides cause little flooding in area
Jan 17, 2024The 13.57-foot tide Wednesday spilled slightly into a Purdy shopping center parking lot, but didn’t rise quite high enough to do any damage.
Light snow, freezing rain possible Jan. 16 and 17
Jan 16, 2024The National Weather Service issued a winter weather message for Western Washington from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, through 1 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17. Weather Service forecasters expect light snow and possible freezing rain in the area Tuesday evening. The message warns of accumulations of less than a half inch of snow and ice accumulation
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Where have the homes gone?
Jan 11, 2024After bottoming out in September 2023 at $827,792, the median price for a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows bridges rose for the third consecutive month to $850,000 in December, an increase of 2.7%. Prices are now just 1.9% below their peak of $866,835 in October 2022. Spurring the increase in prices is a
FISH toy drive made holidays merrier for 920 local children
Jan 09, 2024Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Food Bank’s 2023 toy drive provided gifts to 920 children from 315 local families. That’s the most families and children ever served by the annual gift drive. The community donated 5,368 gifts and toys, FISH said. Of that, 2,289 — along with many gift cards — came via the Gig Harbor
How to contact your legislators as 2024 session begins
Jan 09, 2024The state Legislature convened on Monday, Jan. 8, to begin a 60-day session scheduled to end March 7. Among the chief tasks lawmakers must complete in the next two months is passing a supplemental budget. Washington operates under a two-year budget cycle, approving the overall spending plan in odd-numbered years and adjusting it in even-numbered
2023 in review: Our favorite photos of the year
Dec 28, 2023The gallery below includes some of our top photos of 2023. Pictures are by Julie Warrick Ammann, Larry Steagall, Christina T. Henry, Meegan M. Reid and Vince Dice. Click on any image below to view the gallery at full size.
Read local with these new books by local writers
Dec 27, 2023Two local writers have new books coming out. Recently, Gig Harbor Now talked to them about their craft: Champion of Fate, by Kendare Blake Quill Tree Books, 480 pages. $19.99 New York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake says she usually gets an idea for a book every two years. She might learn a new fact