2026 is here. These are the stories we expect to be covering this year
Jan 02, 2026 | By: Vince Dice2026 will bring a Peninsula School District levy request, progress on parks projects and some high-profile road projects.
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Editor’s column | These stories were the most popular with our readers in 2025
Dec 30, 2025 | By: Vince DiceIn the Internet era, we take a readership survey every time we post a story. These 10 articles were the big winners in 2025.
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Day Tripper | MOHAI and some old friends
Dec 30, 2025 | By: Mary WilliamsThis month’s Day Trip features Seattle’s struggling Pacific Place, a downsized Parade of Gingerbread Houses and MOHAI on South Lake Union.
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Locust Cider closing four tap rooms, but keeping Gig Harbor location open
Dec 30, 2025 | By: Vince DiceGig Harbor-based Locust Cider grew quickly before the pandemic, inflation and changing consumer habits forced a recent retreat.
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Harbor Happenings | Plunge into 2026
Dec 30, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe annual Olalla Polar Bear Plunge starts at around noon on New Year’s Day.
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Outgoing councilmember Woock plans to ‘unplug’ from city politics for a while
Dec 29, 2025 | By: Carolyn BickAfter two terms on the council, Jeni Woock hopes to focus on her artistic ventures after leaving office.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | The big tree the Meyers did fall
Dec 29, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniThe story of how a group of friends cut down a very big tree in 1982, in annoying rhyming verse.
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Governor supports ‘millionaires tax’ to raise $3 billion per year
Dec 23, 2025 | By: Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State StandardGov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday endorsed a 9.9% “millionaires tax” on adjusted annual gross income over $1 million.
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Freestanding ERs proliferate on the peninsula
Dec 23, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonFreestanding ERs offer emergency care in buildings detached from a hospital campus, and three of them are now open in Kitsap County. Here’s how they work.
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Harbor Happenings | Christmas Eve services at Gig Harbor churches
Dec 23, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonChristmas Eve services, the gnome hunt continues and holiday movies.
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