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The state departments of Ecology and Health are leading an effort to determine whether turf can be manufactured without hazardous chemicals.
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Limuel B. Forgey III grew up poor and was the first person in his family to attend college. Now, the Gig Harbor resident is the general director of the Tacoma Opera, which is staging Wagner’s Das Rheingold in October.
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Fireworks can be discharged from 10 a.m. to midnight in unincorporated Pierce County; they are banned entirely in Gig Harbor city limits.
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The suspect reportedly “bragged” about the shooting on a social media app and posted Ring camera footage of deputies looking for him at his house.
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The Harbor History Museum will accept Round Rocks Contest submissions later this month, but it’s not to early to start looking for them.
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Albert Fleuss, a machinist whose work was critical to Gig Harbor’s early fishing fleet, deserves the same recognition as his successor.
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In the early 1900s when Tacoma was still figuring out what kind of city to be, Don Wolford knew exactly who he was. He became a longtime Tacoma businessman, married his longtime girlfriend, had a child and scored a beachfront property.
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Kelly Busey retired last week after 34 years with the department, including 12 as chief.
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Photos by Carolyn Bick from the Gig Harbor Garden Tour on Saturday, June 28.
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Hospitals must submit staffing plans that include a minimum number of employees assigned to be in each unit at each hour of the day.
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