Gig Harbor Now reporters provide information about where people can eat, shop and seek professional services, which businesses are opening or closing, and explain local trends and their relation to the national economy.
PenLight wants to build a temporary storage yard on a portion of its 17 acres on Bujacich Road. Could the same property host its new headquarters some day?
Read More about Peninsula Light eyes Bujacich Road for minor expansion, and maybe bigger things down the road
Milkvue Donuts operated for seven years in the Point Fosdick Square shopping center, but rising costs of rent and labor contributed to a decision to focus on wholesale.
Read More about Milkvue closes up shop, but still produces donuts for other stores
A 10-home subdivision is planned for 3.5 acres off 38th Avenue, near Peninsula Baptist Church and the Harborland mobile home park.
Read More about Rush proposes 10 new homes off 38th Avenue
A flotilla crowded the harbor on Tuesday to perform emergency surgery on a catamaran in need of a new engine.
Read More about Engine transplant in middle of the harbor required surgical precision
Rate-paying members of the Peninsula Light Co. re-elected three incumbent board members — Marc Jorgenson, Scott Junge and Roger Spadoni — from a slate of six candidates. The utility announced election results Monday during its online annual meeting. PenLight said it received 4,119 ballots out of 32,346 ballots that it mailed. That is a 12.73%
Read More about Incumbent board members win re-election, PenLight announces
The Gig Harbor City Council will hear about the study during a meeting on Thursday, April 30.
Read More about Study recommends metering on west side of Canterwood roundabout if apartment projects proceed
PenLight members have until the close of business on Monday, April 27, to vote in the 2026 board of directors election.
Read More about Ballots in PenLight election due Monday, April 27
The market replaces the former Local Makers Market, held the past few years at the Civic Center.
Read More about Mother’s Day Market planned near B’s Bagels
The city of Gig Harbor commissioned a traffic study seeking information and solutions to a potential looming problem at the Canterwood roundabout.
Read More about Could new developments crash Canterwood Boulevard’s roundabout?
Around the state and nationally, many member-owned utility co-operatives operate similarly to PenLight. In some cases, though, member-owners have forced more transparency.
Read More about Levels of transparency vary widely for utility co-ops like PenLight