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Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.

Sports Beat: Peninsula rallies for water polo win over Gig Harbor

Sep 22, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Fish Bowl boys water polo match between rivals Peninsula and Gig Harbor on Sept. 14 was an intense, one-point contest that saw the Seahawks complete a thrilling six-goal comeback

State considering plan to consolidate two women’s prisons

Sep 22, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

The Washington state Department of Corrections is considering closing the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair and relocating women housed there to the Washington Corrections Center for Women

North Creek conservation area in Gig Harbor

Grants awarded to conserve Nelyaly, Little Minter Creek properties

Sep 22, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Conservation Futures funds became available to add the two properties after it wasn’t used during the 2021-23 cycle.

Purdy project open to salmon, not yet to cars

Sep 21, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

As the Purdy culvert replacement winds down to a December completion, fish passage work at Highway 16 will shift eastbound drivers into the median until Fall 2024.

Suicide prevention coalition works to remove stigma around mental health

Sep 21, 2023 | By: Marsha Hart

Editor’s note: This story deals with mental health issues, including suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Suicide has been

Sounders think recently signed Fox Islander Hawkins is ‘going to be a beast’

Sep 20, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Stuart Hawkins first started kicking a ball around with Gig Harbor-based Harbor Soccer Club, only about nine or 10 years ago. He could soon find himself at Lumen Field, playing

Real estate: Housing market slows, but home prices stay steady

Sep 20, 2023 | By: Alison Paoli

No matter how you slice it, the housing market in the Greater Gig Harbor area is historically slow. However, with both demand and supply for housing falling in lockstep, the

Harbor Happenings: Film Festival features more than 60 independent films

Sep 19, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the date of the ChuSeok Festival at Skansie Park. The correct date is Sept. 30, 2023. The Gig Harbor Film

Peninsula School District investigating Fish Bowl injury

Sep 19, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

The Peninsula School District is investigating the serious injury of Gig Harbor High School quarterback Koi Calhoun and other incidents at the Sept. 15 Fish Bowl football game between the

‘The Lost Angle,’ premiering at Gig Harbor Film Festival, shows bridge collapse as you’ve never seen it

Sep 18, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

If you grew up in Western Washington, or even just lived here for a good stretch of time, you probably think you already know practically everything about the 1940 collapse

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