Community

Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.

Vigil in Purdy honors seven neighbors killed in recent violence on Key Peninsula

Mar 09, 2026 | By:

In addition to the stabbing death of four women last month in Wauna, the vigil memorialized victims lost in Vaughn and on Herron Island.

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State board investigating seven cases involving Sheriff Keith Swank

Mar 09, 2026 | By:

Swank called the cases before the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission a ‘complete witch hunt.’

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Peninsula County? New group is the latest to consider seceding from Pierce County

Mar 09, 2026 | By:

A Gig Harbor man wants to study whether the peninsulas and surrounding islands should break off from Pierce County.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | An explosive answer to our Item of Mystery question

Mar 09, 2026 | By: Greg Spadoni

Our second Item of Mystery is neither an ancient pooper scooper nor a giraffe shoe horn. Here’s what it is.

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Sports Beat | Tides’ season ends a game short of the dome

Mar 06, 2026 | By:

A late 3-pointer lifted White River to a 44-43 win over Gig Harbor in a Class 3A state tournament game.

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Legislature approves bill promoting behavioral health training in construction trades

Mar 05, 2026 | By:

House Bill 2492, passed with bipartisan support on Feb. 28, requires that all state-registered apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades offer at least two hours of behavioral health and wellness training.

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Brave Stage debuts with two productions this spring

Mar 05, 2026 | By:

Brave Stage Gig Harbor, a nonprofit theater company featuring students from Actorcraft p2s, stages “The Clean House” next week.

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New rec center meeting PenMet’s financial expectations

Mar 05, 2026 | By: Suzanne Roig

More than 30,000 people used the new rec center during its first five months of operation, PenMet said this week.

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Vigil honors memory of women killed in stabbing near Wauna

Mar 05, 2026 | By:

About 100 people attended a vigil on March 4 to memorialize Zoya Shabylinka, Joanne Brandani, Stephanie Killilea and Louise Talley.

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City considers joining organization to support its military families

Mar 04, 2026 | By:

The city council heard a presentation from South Sound Military and Communities Partnerships, an organization that builds relationships between Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma and local jurisdictions.

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