A new Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Gig Harbor will open Tuesday, Sept. 13, the restaurant chain announced Monday. The restaurant will be at 4823 Point Fosdick Drive. Nearby businesses include Safeway, Applebee’s and Jersey Mike’s. Daily hours are 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. The first 50 people in line on Tuesday will receive free
Dogs will have their day again in downtown Gig Harbor on Saturday, Sept. 10. Harbor Hounds, a charity dog walk and community fair, returns to Skanise Brothers Park on Harborview Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Harbor Hounds is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Gig Harbor Midday. Proceeds support a variety
A 14-foot statue honoring the area’s original inhabitants will be unveiled in a ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. The city of Gig Harbor announced the unveiling and blessing ceremony late on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 2. The statue itself — called “Our Fisherman, Our Guardian” — was installed at Austin Park
Gig Harbor Now came into existence at precisely 6 a.m. on Sept. 3, 2021. That’s when the new nonprofit news website published stories about a new roundabout planned for the Harborview-Stinson intersection; school construction; a looming toll increase on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge; a poetry walk; and a story about us, and how we
Gig Harbor High School graduate Michael Toglia is on his way to the big leagues. The Colorado Rockies promoted the 2016 Gig Harbor alum to the Majors on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The first baseman could make his big league debut as early as this afternoon, when the Rockies face the Atlanta Braves. Toglia was promoted
PSE will begin installing a gas main as early as Sept. 1, much of it following Burnham Drive.
Travelers on Sunday will be able to take a high-occupancy vehicle lane all the way from Gig Harbor to Seattle.
Tacoma Police Department officers arrested a suspect in the killing of two people in Olalla following a long chase and a struggle. The arrest of 40-year-old Shaun D. Rose occurred around 8 p.m. Sunday at a gas station in Tacoma, according to a Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. Kitsap detectives identified Rose as
The Minerva Scholarship Fund awarded $55,000 in scholarships to 10 Gig Harbor-area women for the 2022-23 academic year. Since its founding in 1991, Minerva has now awarded $504,300 in scholarships, according to information provided by the fund. Minerva Scholarships are available to women who live or work inside Peninsula School District boundaries and whose post-secondary
Deputies found two people dead from “homicidal violence” at a home on Shady Glen Avenue in Olalla, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office identified the victims as Steven P. Shulz and Mina Shulz, both 51 years old. According to a sheriff’s office Facebook post, a woman went to the home in
