Some services at Pierce County libraries remain unavailable due to ‘technical issues’
May 08, 2025The library system says its investigation into what caused the problem is ongoing, and it doesn’t have an estimate on when service will be restored.
Candidate filing week starts Monday; these offices will be on the fall ballot
May 05, 2025The 26th District state Senate seat goes before voters this fall, along with positions on the city council, school board and more.
Both victims found following house fire died of gunshot wounds
Apr 28, 2025The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the deaths of Oliverio Huitron-Rosalez and Alejandro Huitron Campos as homicides.
Photos | 2025 Paddlers Cup
Apr 26, 2025Photos from the 2025 Paddlers Cup Inner Harbor races on Saturday, April 26. Paddlers Cup continues Sunday, April 27, with the Dragon Boat races starting at 12:15 p.m.
Harbor History Museum officially launches its Maritime Gallery
Apr 26, 2025The Maritime Gallery is the permanent home of several treasures of Gig Harbor’s seafaring history, including the Shenandoah and Thunderbird Hull No. 1.
Editor’s column | Takeaways from our recent readership survey
Apr 25, 2025Readers who took our survey in March mostly said they like what we do. They also asked for more business coverage, investigative reporting and multimedia content.
Prosecutors charge 29-year-old Fox Island man in shooting death of girlfriend
Apr 22, 2025Pierce County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Lars Eugene Nelson, 29, with fatally shooting his girlfriend at a home on Fox Island on Sunday, April 20. Prosecutors charged Nelson with second degree murder in Pierce County Superior Court. Charging documents indicate the 27-year-old woman, who is identified only by initials, died of multiple gunshot wounds to the
Medical Examiner’s Office identifies one of two victims found after 14th Avenue fire
Apr 15, 2025The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Oliverio Huitron-Rosalez as one of the two people found dead following an April 8 fire on 14th Avenue NW near Gig Harbor. Huitron-Rosalez was 64 years old. The Medical Examiner’s office listed cause and manner of death as “pending.” It is not clear from the Medical Examiner’s brief
Deputies seek footage from vicinity of house where bodies were found following fire
Apr 11, 2025Investigators specifically want footage from between 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. on the night of Tuesday, April 8, on 14th Avenue NW and 160th Street SE.
Two found dead following ‘suspicious’ fire on 14th Avenue in Gig Harbor
Apr 09, 2025At least one of the victims did not die as a result of the fire or by natural causes, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said.