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

Gig Harbor Knowledge Bowl team wins state championship

Apr 22, 2025 | By: Marsha Hart

It’s the first time Gig Harbor won the academic competition, in only its third year of competing at state.

Harbor Happenings | Paddlers Cup, Dragon Boats are on the water this weekend

Apr 22, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

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

All hands on deck for Harbor History Museum’s new Maritime Gallery

Apr 21, 2025 | By: Chapin Day

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

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Notable scoundrels of the peninsula

Apr 21, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

Benjamin Pardee, whose many swindles included selliong fish oil on Fox Island, was a real snake-oil salesman.

Man arrested on suspicion of murder at Fox Island home

Apr 21, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

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.

Being Neighborly | Community steps up to the plate for softball player

Apr 17, 2025 | By: Marsha Hart

When a local fastpitch softball player’s gear went missing, the community stepped up to keep her in the game.

Chapin Day | What’s in a name? For the Shenandoah, it’s up in the air

Apr 17, 2025 | By: Chapin Day

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).

Sports Beat | Gig Harbor golfers sweep at Gamble Sands Invitational

Apr 17, 2025 | By: Dennis Browne

Also this week: Gig Harbor girls water polo avenges an earlier loss and local schools split a rivalry track meet.

Council likely to name first phase of Sports Complex after Doris Brown Heritage

Apr 17, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The City Council voted to name the new park after a Peninsula High graduate who ran in the Olympics twice and won many national championships.

Bill would make it harder for insurance companies to deny mental health treatment

Apr 16, 2025 | By: Conor Wilson

The legislation, awaiting Gov. Bob Ferguson’s signature, requires insurance companies to follow transparent criteria when making determinations about mental health and substance abuse treatments.

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