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Vietnam veterans honored at Gig Harbor ceremony

Nov 13, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

This year’s Veterans Day ceremony marked 50 years since the United States pulled out of the Vietnam war and showed appreciation for those who fought there.

Sports Beat: Flu-ravaged Tides fall in football playoffs

Nov 10, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

The Gig Harbor (7-3, 6-1) football season abruptly ended with a 28-7 playoff loss to Marysville-Pilchuck on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Roy Anderson Field. The Tides faced a formidable offensive and defensive line and gave away almost 25 pounds per position in the trenches. That proved to be the difference in the game as the

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: State Patrol seeks info on hit-and-run in Wauna

Nov 10, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The Washington State Patrol is looking for people who witnessed a hit-and-run collision in which a pedestrian was injured last month. The collision occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, on Highway 302 near

Denny Dale broadcasts his 1,000th show Monday, April 3, from the radio studio at Peninsula High.

School district, community groups ponder fate of KGHP radio station

Nov 09, 2023 | By: Christina T Henry

More than 30 people with an interest in the fate of KGHP-FM radio showed up Tuesday to a meeting hosted by Peninsula School District, which owns the station. Some were faithful listeners of KGHP, which has operated since 1988. Some were volunteer program hosts who have kept the station on air since its manager was

Gig Harbor Real Estate: Despite high mortgage rates, home prices tick up in October

Nov 09, 2023 | By: Alison Paoli

It was a scary sight in October when mortgage rates spiked to a 23-year year high, causing the housing market to slow to a December-like crawl a few months ahead of schedule. But, while the historically high mortgage rates are keeping buyers and sellers at bay and impacting the volume of sales, they are not

Jennifer Preston: All mushrooms are magic

Nov 08, 2023 | By: Jennifer Preston

They help turn wheat into bread and fruit into wine. They ferment cacao beans, making it possible for us to enjoy one of the world’s favorite treats — chocolate. They give us penicillin, forever altering the way we fight infection. These mostly invisible, seemingly magical organisms quietly go about their work sustaining forests and enriching

Elementary students get ready to rhumba with ballroom dance lessons

Nov 08, 2023 | By: Christina T Henry

Sultry tango music plays in a half-empty portable classroom at Voyager Elementary School. Chairs and tables have been pushed aside to create a small dance floor, where students in pairs mark the beat with their feet. Step, step, step, to-the-side and close. “T-A-N-G-O,” calls out instructor Roxanne Nielsen, helping count the rhythm. It may not

New turf at Sehmel Homestead Park's multiuse field.

Nearly 59 percent of voters rejecting PenMet levy proposal

Nov 07, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Voters in the PenMet Parks district rejected a six-year levy lid lift request in preliminary ballot returns posted Tuesday, Nov. 7. Nearly 59 percent of 8,733 ballots counted as of Tuesday opposed the request, which would allow the district to collect property taxes of up to 6% more than the previous year instead of the state

Sheriff's detectives are investigating a homicide off of Rosedale Stree

Deputies arrest suspect who shot at neighbor in Purdy

Nov 07, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Pierce County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man in Purdy early Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, after he allegedly fired a gun at a neighbor. Nobody was injured in the incident, according to sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Darren Moss. The incident occurred on the 14400 block of 62nd Ave. NW, near Peninsula High School. The victim

Harbor Happenings: A salute to veterans on Nov. 11

Nov 07, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The sixth annual Gig Harbor Veterans Day Celebration starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Gig Harbor Antique Aero Museum at Tacoma Narrows Airport. This year’s event will include a special ceremony commemorating veterans of the Vietnam War. United States military forces withdrew from Vietnam 50 years ago this year. The keynote speaker

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