Gig Harbor woman has a salsa success story
Apr 14, 2026 | By: Marsha HartRebecca Small’s business, a Small Specialty Salsa and Sauces, grew from a spicy side gig to a full-time vocation.
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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.
A Curious Bear is coming to downtown Gig Harbor
Apr 08, 2026 | By: Marsha HartThe Curious Bear Toy and Book Shop will open in the former Bird Nest Gallery location on Tarabochia Street as soon as next month.
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PenLight board elections are happening now. These are the candidates
Apr 07, 2026 | By: Suzanne RoigWe asked to interview all six candidates for three seats on the PenLight board of directors. Only one agreed to speak with us.
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Neighbors of new Ivar’s get a sneak peak
Apr 02, 2026 | By: Vince DiceThe new Ivar’s Seafood Bar needed a dress rehearsal before its grand opening on Friday, April 3. So its neighbors in the Uptown shopping center got a free lunch on Thursday. The long-awaited Ivar’s at 4901 Point Fosdick Dr. officially opens with a ribbon-cutting at 10:30 a.m. Friday, but a lucky few got a sneak
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New Gig Harbor Ivar’s opening on Friday, April 3
Mar 31, 2026 | By: Vince DiceA grand opening for the new Ivar’s on Point Fosdick Drive starts at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 3.
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PenLight cooperative members to vote on new directors
Mar 29, 2026 | By: Suzanne RoigPenLight members will receive ballots soon for the 2026 board elections, which happen in the wake of the ouster of longtime board member Paul Alvestad.
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Rush, Pierce County spar over Trailside’s Canterwood Boulevard improvements
Mar 26, 2026 | By: Ted KenneyThe county wants the Trailside developer to add sidewalks and other improvements on Canterwood. Rush says that’s not its job.
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Health Department is final hurdle for Ivar’s Seafood Bar
Mar 26, 2026 | By: Suzanne RoigThe city issued a certificate of occupancy for the new restaurant on Point Fosdick Drive, but the Health Department still needs to provide its OK.
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Peninsula Light ousts elected board member who served 26 years
Mar 21, 2026 | By: Ted KenneyPeninsula Light Company directors voted Thursday to remove long-time board member Paul Alvestad. The member-owned cooperative utility company said in a news release that Alvestad violated confidentiality and “created a hostile environment for PenLight staff and fellow Board members.” “The Board based its unanimous decision on the results of an independent investigation conducted by Miller
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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health making cutbacks at Silverdale campus
Mar 13, 2026 | By: Conor WilsonThe changes comes as hospital leaders in Washington continue to express pessimism about the financial state of the industry.
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