Gig Harbor Now Staff

Governor supports ‘millionaires tax’ to raise $3 billion per year

Dec 23, 2025

Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday endorsed a 9.9% “millionaires tax” on adjusted annual gross income over $1 million.

Ferguson proposes $3 billion plan to preserve bridges and roads, build new ferries

Dec 22, 2025

The governor would raise the money with the sale of bonds backed by proceeds from a slew of new and increased taxes and fees lawmakers approved this year.

From Our Board Chair | Your gift today shapes local news in 2026

Dec 19, 2025

Your donation in the last weeks of our NewsMatch campaign will go three times as far thanks to a match from our Board of Directors.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Little House in the Hayfield

Dec 15, 2025

Fighting through multiple misspelled names and inaccurate dates, Greg Spadoni tracked the history of this distinctive house off Point Fosdick Drive.

Pothole forces lane Dec. 13 lane closures on westbound Narrows Bridge

Dec 09, 2025

WSDOT will close two lanes of the bridge to Gig Harbor-bound drivers to repair a pothole on Saturday, Dec. 13.

Katrinka Finkelsplatt limps out of the harbor

Dec 08, 2025

When the Katrina Finkelsplatt changed hands recently, the only people happier than the buyer and the seller were local police, environmental advocates and waterfront property owners.

PenMet honors Olympic Civic Services with second Lilienthal Award

Dec 03, 2025

The Lilienthal Award recognizes “exceptional advocates” that contribute to PenMet’s mission. This year, it went to OCS and founders Joe Hillyer and Gary Parker.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Dial M for muddled

Dec 01, 2025

If you had an emergency in the pre-911 era, all you had to do was call one of several multi-digit phone numbers depending on what service you needed and what jurisdiction you were in. And the numbers changed routinely.

City’s Christmas tree needed emergency surgery, stat

Nov 28, 2025

The patient’s prognosis is bright after two city employees, who don’t even play doctors on TV, performed emergency surgery.

Day Tripper | Shelton is Christmas Town, USA — but not before Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 2025

Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams went in search of Christmas Town, USA. She may have jumped the gun a bit.