Business

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.

Heritage Distilling wins best flavored whiskey award

Mar 04, 2025 | By: Julie Warrick Ammann

The Gig Harbor-based distillery’s stock dropped to just $1.08 in February after opening at $4 last year.

Rush sues Gig Harbor for Purdy sewer extension, challenges Pierce County over re-zone

Mar 03, 2025 | By: Ted Kenney

Rush Companies is taking legal action on two fronts, attempting to maintain a higher density on property it owns in Purdy and access to urban services there.

Madrona Links Golf Course dispute heading for courts

Feb 26, 2025 | By: Ed Friedrich

PenMet has been authorized to pursue the 14 acres it doesn’t own through eminent domain while owner ZTM Holdings has filed suit to kick the parks district off the property.

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Demand remains strong as home prices, new listings rise

Feb 19, 2025 | By: Alison Paoli

The median price for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose by 1.8% from December to January, reaching a median sale price record of $915,000.

Window manufacturing baron Jim Milgard called Gig Harbor home

Feb 06, 2025 | By: Ed Friedrich

Longtime Gig Harbor resident, window manufacturing titan and philanthropist James “Jim” Milgard died Friday, Jan. 31, at his home in Indian Wells, California. He was 84. Milgard’s father Maurice and older brother Gary launched Milgard Glass in a small building on South Tacoma Way in 1958. Jim joined the family business in 1961 at age

New granite pavers honoring Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet are meant to stand the test of time

Jan 30, 2025 | By: Ted Kenney

“Written in stone” means something is permanent, indelible. Gig Harbor commercial fishermen hope they’ve captured that characteristic in new granite paver stones installed this winter at a plaza in Ancich Waterfront Park to honor the city’s fishing fleet. Each glossy 2-foot-square stone is engraved with the name of two Gig Harbor fishing boats — from

Ancich Dock project hits raw nerve: Is Gig Harbor a fishing town or yacht haven?

Jan 22, 2025 | By: Ted Kenney

A proposal to rebuild the historic Ancich Dock would remove creosote-soaked pilings and provide more light for marine habitat. But neighbors have concerns about whether it provides enough parking and whether the new marina would infringe on the future Commercial Fishing Homeport.