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.
2026 will bring a Peninsula School District levy request, progress on parks projects and some high-profile road projects.
Read More about 2026 is here. These are the stories we expect to be covering this year
Gig Harbor-based Locust Cider grew quickly before the pandemic, inflation and changing consumer habits forced a recent retreat.
Read More about Locust Cider closing four tap rooms, but keeping Gig Harbor location open
Dunis, the organization’s special projects and outreach manager, replaces Carrianne Ekberg, who is stepping down to spend time with her young family.
Read More about Waterfront Alliance promotes Clare Dunis to executive director
Owner Jann van der Veen died in April, and his family decided to close the store by the end of the year.
Read More about Van der Veen Jewelers in Uptown closing on Dec. 23
Patterson’s Farm Market, a Gig Harbor institution, is back in its seasonal spot near Anderson’s General Store on Point Fosdick Drive.
Read More about 900 miles to Patterson’s Farm Market
Ivar’s President Bob Donegan said the new Gig Harbor location could be open as soon as February.
Read More about Ivar’s Seafood Bar coming to Uptown Gig Harbor
He goes by Santa for three months of the year, and he said that the rest of the time he’s known as Jerry Nebel.
Read More about Santa lives in Lakebay
Almost 15,000 people in the Puget Sound region will be impacted as MultiCare focuses on HMOs instead of PPOs.
Read More about MultiCare won’t accept some Medicare Advantage plans next year
For the first time in more than two years, the median sale price of a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area fell in October.
Read More about Gig Harbor Real Estate | Prices slip slightly as market turns neutral
General Dynamics has leased 36,735 square feet of warehouse and industrial space at the Latitude 47 Commerce Center on Bujacich Road.
Read More about General Dynamics adds nuclear sub parts to Gig Harbor’s maritime economy