Cultural access program and tax headed for November ballot
Mar 13, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonVoters will decide in November whether to increase the city sales tax to pay for a cultural access program to support nonprofits.
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State eyes savings from Medicaid pharmacy benefit, which could hurt clinics that help the most vulnerable
Mar 12, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonGov. Bob Ferguson wants to steer savings from the Medicaid pharmacy benefit into the general fund. This provider currently uses that money to pay for mobile health clinics.
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Wellness Wednesday | March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — Here’s what you need to know
Mar 12, 2025 | By: Scot FleshmanLifestyle changes and preventative care can help you reduce your risk of colorectal cancer.
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Officers chase suspect in burglary, car prowls
Mar 11, 2025 | By: Vince DiceAlso in this week’s blotter: A rude DUI suspect, lewd conduct in a park and an accidental firearm discharge in a hotel.
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Harbor Happenings | Run ’til you’re green at Shamrockin’ the Harbor
Mar 11, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonRunners take to the Cushman Trail on Saturday for Shamrockin the Harbor, a fundraiser for the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s senior center.
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Reassessment improves Fox Island fire rating
Mar 10, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichHomeowners insurance costs could be reduced now that a newly remodeled Station 53 will be staffed on most days.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | The homestead confusion
Mar 10, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniEven if it’s literally carved in stone, sometimes a homestead is not a homestead.
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Crowd at Randall’s town hall asks why Democrats aren’t doing more
Mar 07, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe crowd at the first-term representative’s town hall urged Randall and her Democratic colleagues to stand up to Trump.
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Midday Rotary donates $10,000 to Food Backpacks 4 Kids
Mar 07, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Midday RotaryFood Backpacks 4 Kids works to ensure that children from low-income families do not go hungry, particularly during weekends and school breaks when free meals are not available.
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Local measles vaccination rates remain high, though below pre-pandemic levels
Mar 07, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonAn overwhelming majority of students entering kindergarten on the Kitsap Peninsula are vaccinated against measles, state data shows. But immunization rates here and across the state remain below where they were before the pandemic. Students out of compliance — meaning they were neither vaccinated nor received an approved exemption — also rose among kindergarten classes
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