The Gig Harbor Canoe & Kayak Racing Team won another national championship this month. The local club won the 2022 ACA Sprint National Championships, held Aug. 2-5 in Clermont County, Ohio. GHCKRT claimed the title for the ninth time in the past 11 competitions. How it works The team championship is determined based on how
Brian Wickens is the new principal at Harbor Ridge Middle School, Peninsula School District announced last week. Wickens replaces Mike Benoit, who previously was announced as the new principal at Peninsula High School. Wickens has been an assistant principal at Harbor Ridge since 2004. Before that, he taught in Tacoma middle schools for 18 years
The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Jeffrey Alma as the man shot and killed while trying to break into a neighbor’s house late last month. The office identified Alma, a 36-year-old Gig Harbor resident, on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The incident occurred July 29. A statement from the office said Alma died from a gunshot
Gig Harbor graduate Michael Toglia is on the cusp of the Major Leagues after the Colorado Rockies prospect was promoted to Triple-A Albuquerque this week. Toglia, a 2016 graduate of Gig Harbor High School, had 23 home runs and 66 RBI in 97 games for Double-A Hartford this season. The 23 home runs is a
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is coming to Gig Harbor thanks to a partnership with Gig Harbor Rotary and Altrusa International of Gig Harbor. The book-gifting program, operating under the umbrella of Parton’s Dollywood Foundation, delivers a free book by mail each month to children from birth to 5 years old whose parents register them with
Peninsula School District announced Wednesday that Mike Benoit will be the new principal at Peninsula High School starting in the 2022-23 school year. Benoit, the current principal at Harbor Ridge Middle School, replaces Joe Potts, who is leaving PHS for a position with Bellevue School District as of Aug. 1. Benoit has been in education
The man’s girlfriend had gone to the neighbor’s home the previous night after the two had a fight.
Blair Suek has been named the new athletic director at Gig Harbor High School, the Peninsula School District announced July 28. Suek replaces Bob Werner, who retired at the end of the 2021-22 school year after 11 years leading the Tides’ athletics programs. Suek joins Gig Harbor from Steilacoom High, where she was the volleyball
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Gig Harbor and the wider Western Washington region for the week of July 25. The worst of the heat is expected to start Tuesday and last through Friday evening. The weather service forecasts temperatures to reach the mid-90s. Some things to know about this week’s heat
The 34-year-old man was a passenger in a car whose driver fell asleep and went into a ditch, according to the State Patrol.
