Gig Harbor Now and Then | Notable scoundrels of the peninsula
Apr 21, 2025Benjamin Pardee, whose many swindles included selliong fish oil on Fox Island, was a real snake-oil salesman.
Man arrested on suspicion of murder at Fox Island home
Apr 21, 2025Deputies found a 27-year-old woman dead at a home on Fox Drive. They arrested a 29-year-old man, who called in the death as a suicide.
Chapin Day | What’s in a name? For the Shenandoah, it’s up in the air
Apr 17, 2025The Shenandoah at Harbor History Museum was named for a Shenandoah that floated in the skids above the South Sounds in 1924. And that’s not hot air (we don’t think so, anyway).
Gig Harbor Now and Then | A freight railroad for Gig Harbor
Apr 07, 2025In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Frank C. Ross had several grandiose plans to build a freight railroad through Gig Harbor. None of them came especially close to fruition.
Longtime local fisherman donates net for display with Shenandoah
Apr 06, 2025The Harbor History Museum’s Maritime Gallery, featuring the purse seiner Shenandoah, opens April 26.
Joel’s Law was intended as a lifeline for families facing mental illness; is it working?
Mar 28, 2025Joel’s Law, now a decade old, allows family members to petition for involuntary mental health treatment. The number of cases involving Joel’s Law petitions has increased statewide by 266% since 2020.
Day Tripper | A Gig Harbor walkabout
Mar 25, 2025Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams opted to see her hometown through a tourists’ eyes this month.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Behind the Finds: Every picture has a story (even if I have to make one up)
Mar 24, 2025None of the stories Greg Spadoni wrote about the photos he found in a second-hand store are true. But they are funny.
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Housing activity picking up steam as spring begins
Mar 19, 2025The local real estate sales market remained strong in February. But what impact might mortgage rates and wild cards like tariffs play going forward?
Gig Harbor, Peninsula debate teams qualify for national tournament
Mar 18, 2025The two schools will send a total of 11 competitors to the national speech and debate tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, in June.