Investigators identify deputy who shot suspect in Wauna stabbings
Mar 30, 2026The Pierce County Force Investigation Team identified Deputy Carl Shanks, 57, as the officer who fatally shot Aleksandr Shablykin in February.
Gig Harbor Police Blotter | During collision investigation, driver had a drink
Mar 26, 2026The officer couldn’t believe his eyes when the driver took a swig of cider during an investigation of a collision in Gig Harbor North.
Fish Bowl 2026 set for Sept. 19 at Mount Tahoma
Mar 24, 2026Both schools recently announced their 2026 football schedules, including the annual Fish Bowl rivalry game.
County Councilmember Robyn Denson won’t run for re-election
Mar 19, 2026Denson announced via social media that she will not seek a second term; another former Gig Harbor City Council member filed for the post Wednesday.
Charter Review Commission considering proposal to make sheriff appointed (again)
Mar 16, 2026Pierce County voters elected the sheriff from the county’s founding in 1852 until 1980. That’s when a new Home Rule Charter — passed in the wake of a scandal involving the elected sheriff — made the post appointed. In 2006, voters approved a charter amendment that made the sheriff elected again. Now, some members of the Pierce County Charter
Snow arrives just under the wire of winter
Mar 13, 2026The calendar says spring will be here in a week. The weather says it’s still winter.
Vigil in Purdy honors seven neighbors killed in recent violence on Key Peninsula
Mar 09, 2026In addition to the stabbing death of four women last month in Wauna, the vigil memorialized victims lost in Vaughn and on Herron Island.
Peninsula County? New group is the latest to consider seceding from Pierce County
Mar 09, 2026A Gig Harbor man wants to study whether the peninsulas and surrounding islands should break off from Pierce County.
Vigil honors memory of women killed in stabbing near Wauna
Mar 05, 2026About 100 people attended a vigil on March 4 to memorialize Zoya Shabylinka, Joanne Brandani, Stephanie Killilea and Louise Talley.
City arts commissioners, local volunteer among those killed in Key Peninsula stabbing
Mar 02, 2026City arts commissioners Stephanie Killilea and Joanne Brandani and community volunteer Louise Talley were among those who died on Feb. 24 near Lake Kathryn.