New law extends property tax relief to more homeowners
Dec 11, 2023Substitute House Bill 1355 increased the income threshold in Pierce County from $45,708 to $64,000 for disabled persons and senior citizens.
Rotary clubs announce STAR Award honorees
Dec 07, 2023Three Gig Harbor Rotary clubs announced Rick Bennett, Wallace and Cammie Watts, and Timothy Kezele as their 2023 STAR Award honorees. STAR awards recognize non-Rotarians who exemplify Rotary’s motto, “Service Above Self.” The clubs will honor the STAR award winners during a banquet on Feb. 2. Proceeds from the banquet support charities designated by the
Gig Harbor Now and Then: Here’s where locals got their turkeys in the 1940s
Dec 04, 2023In a seasonal version of Gig Harbor Now and Then, our last question concerned a turkey farm on the Peninsula in the 1940s. Question: Where was Slawson’s Turkey Farm located? Answer: On Burnham Drive, on the very spot now occupied by Sun Outdoors Gig Harbor, a recreational vehicle park. Ellwel and Charlotte Slawson owned a
Highway 302 Spur bridge opening Saturday
Nov 29, 2023The road has been closed and a short detour in place since April for a fish passage project.
Grinch moves from Rosedale to Skansie Park
Nov 29, 2023On Monday, Mary Godwin-Austen suddenly interrupted her brisk morning walk along Harborview. She’d seen an old friend. On a roof top. The Grinch. A Who-ville House relic High overhead, three Gig Harbor Public Works employees, two on hydraulic bucket trucks, one clinging to the shingles, toiled to install a new addition to the Skansie Park
Photo gallery: 2023 LeMans sailboat race
Nov 24, 2023Click on any picture below to see a gallery of photos from the 2023 LeMans sailboat race:
Day Tripper: Issaquah is so much more than a big box store
Nov 22, 2023Gas prices are sky high, and a night in a hotel is approaching astronomically expensive. So, for the foreseeable future, I imagine many of you are going to find yourselves taking day trips rather than the road trip vacations we’ve grown to love. This beautiful region in which we live is ripe with opportunities to
Police find 66-year-old man dead of apparent suicide after woman reports being held against her will
Nov 20, 2023Gig Harbor Police found a 66-year-old man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a home on Sehmel Drive on Saturday, Nov. 18. The discovery came after a 27-year-old woman said he held her against her will for several days. The woman walked up to a house on the 10800 block of Sehmel around
Gig Harbor Now and Then: If you figured out what Flamo is, you’re really cooking with gas
Nov 20, 2023The setup to our last Gig Harbor Now and Then local history question was very simple: In 1930, Flamo arrived in Gig Harbor. It’s still there, although is now known under another name. Question: What is Flamo? Answer: propane. “Flamo” was the trade name of the Standard Oil Company of California’s propane. The first mention
2023 LeMans race was short but sweet thanks to thick fog, still conditions
Nov 20, 2023A fog-shrouded start and winds that varied from light to nary a breath foreshortened Saturday’s annual Le Mans Yacht race, but not before the nearly two dozen yachts provided a dazzling display of sails and seamanship for spectators ashore. Onlookers who tried to watch the start from Gig Harbor’s north end saw nothing but a