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Alexander, a 2017 GHHS graduate, threw for more than 5,200 yards and had an astounding 35 to 4 touchdown-to-interception ratio this year.
Read More about Gig Harbor grad Davis Alexander wins CFL’s Most Outstanding Player award
Flock cameras monitor the parking lot at the Home Depot on Borgen Boulevard, and the Raft Island Homeowners Association only recently had them removed.
Read More about City Council rejected Flock cameras for police, but businesses and neighborhoods still host them
The agreement among the city, PenMet Parks, Key Peninsula Parks and Peninsula School District would pave the way for an aquatics program at high school pools.
Read More about City moves closer to aquatics program partnership — with a couple conditions
Democrat Lykins has over 63% of the vote in early results posted Tuesday. Voters are overwhelmingly rejecting a proposal to make the position of Pierce County sheriff appointed.
Read More about Lykins lead in County Council race; voters rejecting appointed sheriff proposal
Author Suzanne Morrison will keynote the writing conference and discuss “The Importance of Being Baffled.”
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Write in the Harbor back for its 12th year
Ballots mailed on Monday or Tuesday may not be postmarked in time, elections administrators warn. Meanwhile, Pierce and six other counties accepted Gov. Ferguson’s offer of the National Guard as an “Election Neighborhood Watch.”
Read More about Voters urged to use drop boxes; National Guard to monitor Pierce County election sites
A 126-year-old letter to the editor in a long-dead newspaper cuts to the heart of a question with which we still grapple today.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | A ‘hick town’ or overflowing with ‘hearty, clean mirth’?
Expansion joint repairs required only one week, not the two that the state DOT anticipated. All Gig Harbor-bound lanes are now open.
Read More about All lanes open on westbound Narrows Bridge
Joyce Shipley never got to know her neighbors in over a decade in Southern California. That’s all changed since she moved to Purdy.
Read More about Being Neighborly | Finding community in Purdy
The Peninsula School District approved the appointment of Jordan Halstead as GHHS’s new AD this week, as former athletic director Erick Counts released a statement addressing his termination.
Read More about Gig Harbor’s new athletic director already on the job