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Pierce County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Lars Eugene Nelson, 29, with fatally shooting his girlfriend at a home on Fox Island on Sunday, April 20. Prosecutors charged Nelson with second degree murder in Pierce County Superior Court. Charging documents indicate the 27-year-old woman, who is identified only by initials, died of multiple gunshot wounds to the
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The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Alejandro Huitron Campos, 31, of Gig Harbor as one of two people found dead following the fire on April 8.
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Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, which owns both hospitals on the Kitsap Peninsula, is bracing for the fallout from Washington’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit and the impacts it could have across its network of Puget Sound hospitals. State hospitals have lost millions of dollars and struggled to regain profitability since the pandemic. Now, they estimate they
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It’s the first time Gig Harbor won the academic competition, in only its third year of competing at state.
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Gig Harbor’s status as The Maritime City will be highlighted this weekend at the 12th annual Paddlers Cup at Skansie Park. The two-day event features individual races for kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and surfskis. The Inner Harbor Races on Saturday, April 26, features races of various lengths for all ages and skill levels, including competitive
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With just days remaining until April 26, Harbor History Museum staff and volunteers are scrambling, often working behind a blue curtain. For the past two months, the dense fabric has barred public access to some museum favorites. The curtain opens this weekend, when the museum stages a grand opening of its new Maritime Gallery. The
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Benjamin Pardee, whose many swindles included selliong fish oil on Fox Island, was a real snake-oil salesman.
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Deputies found a 27-year-old woman dead at a home on Fox Drive. They arrested a 29-year-old man, who called in the death as a suicide.
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When a local fastpitch softball player’s gear went missing, the community stepped up to keep her in the game.
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The Shenandoah at Harbor History Museum was named for a Shenandoah that floated in the skids above the South Sounds in 1924. And that’s not hot air (we don’t think so, anyway).
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