Day Tripper | MOHAI and some old friends
Dec 30, 2025This month’s Day Trip features Seattle’s struggling Pacific Place, a downsized Parade of Gingerbread Houses and MOHAI on South Lake Union.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The big tree the Meyers did fall
Dec 29, 2025The story of how a group of friends cut down a very big tree in 1982, in annoying rhyming verse.
Governor supports ‘millionaires tax’ to raise $3 billion per year
Dec 23, 2025Gov. 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, 2025The 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, 2025Your 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, 2025Fighting 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, 2025WSDOT 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, 2025When 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, 2025The 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, 2025If 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.