Gig Harbor Real Estate | Early spring housing activity picks up steam
Apr 24, 2025The median home prices for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose to a new record of $922,000 in March.
Medical examiner identifies second victim found following fire on 14th Avenue
Apr 22, 2025The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Alejandro Huitron Campos, 31, of Gig Harbor as one of two people found dead following the fire on April 8.
All hands on deck for Harbor History Museum’s new Maritime Gallery
Apr 21, 2025With just days remaining until April 26, Harbor History Museum staff and volunteers are scrambling, often working behind a blue curtain. For the past two months, the dense fabric has barred public access to some museum favorites. The curtain opens this weekend, when the museum stages a grand opening of its new Maritime Gallery. The
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.