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.
Gig Harbor firefighters rescue man and dog after fall from cliff
Mar 17, 2025The 100-pound Doberman tumbled over a cliff late Sunday, and its person went down after it. Firefighters helped get them back on high ground.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The homestead confusion
Mar 10, 2025Even if it’s literally carved in stone, sometimes a homestead is not a homestead.
Minerva Scholarship applications due March 31
Feb 27, 2025Minerva has awarded nearly $600,000 in scholarships and helped more than 225 local women achieve their educational goals over the past 33 years.
Day Tripper | Wright Park and Tacoma’s Stadium District
Feb 26, 2025Wright Park and the Stadium District in Tacoma were the setting for a number of 1990s movies.
Summer Sounds at Skansie lineup set for 2025
Feb 24, 2025Who’s playing at Summer Sounds at Skansie in 2025? Here’s the lineup.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Gig Harbor Garage was the area’s first car dealership
Feb 24, 2025The previous Gig Harbor Now and Then column gave the answers to four questions concerning early local telephones. One question that was not asked or answered last time concerns how to cope with one of today’s internet providers on the Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas, CenturyLink. Having had multiple extensive, unwanted, unsatisfying, and unfathomably bad experiences
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Demand remains strong as home prices, new listings rise
Feb 19, 2025The median price for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose by 1.8% from December to January, reaching a median sale price record of $915,000.
Legislation proposes a redesign of Washington’s state flag
Feb 19, 2025The bill’s Democratic sponsor says the current state flag is just … boring. Republican opponents say the proposal is ‘un-American.’
One man’s private war against Scotch broom and blackberries
Feb 14, 2025Spring is on the horizon. Soon the author will venture into his yard to fight the eternal enemy.