PenLight CEO sued by board member, who calls for ratepayer vote on new HQ building
Jun 03, 2025Peninsula Light board member Paul Alvestad says the organization is planning a new administration building that is “overpriced by millions.”
Donuts and Pilates: Do they spell a turnaround at Peninsula Shopping Center?
May 28, 2025Fusion Donut Café and Club Pilates are moving in to spaces at the Peninsula Shopping Center on Judson Street.
Unclaimed dead honored at Haven of Rest ceremony had 275 unique stories; here are a few of them
May 16, 2025The ceremony memorialized people who died in Pierce County, but whose remains went unclaimed by family members or friends.
Burley Lagoon settlement allows geoduck farm to proceed
Apr 30, 2025Opponents of the project won concessions and promises of cooperation from Taylor Shellfish, which hopes to start planting geoducks this summer.
City board backs 1 of 2 requests from developer of project near Gig Harbor High
Apr 28, 2025The city Design Review Board asked developers to back off a request to reduce buffers but approved use of up to 60,000 cubic yards of fill material.
How the current site of Gig Harbor High School nearly became a cemetery
Mar 27, 2025A funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.
Texas mystery-developer plans 31 houses next door to Gig Harbor High School
Mar 26, 2025The project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
Proposed new Gig Harbor comp plan doubles down on housing density
Mar 20, 2025The plan would increase density, thanks in part to a new state law requiring jurisdictions to accommodate housing for a variety of income levels.
Chris Sembroski, Gig Harbor’s civilian astronaut, chases dream of space flight for the masses
Mar 05, 2025Chris Sembroski of Gig Harbor has a better travel story than anyone you know: He went to space in 2021 on a SpaceX rocket.
Rush sues Gig Harbor for Purdy sewer extension, challenges Pierce County over re-zone
Mar 03, 2025Rush Companies is taking legal action on two fronts, attempting to maintain a higher density on property it owns in Purdy and access to urban services there.