Gig Harbor Now and Then | Notable scoundrels of the peninsula
Apr 21, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniBenjamin Pardee, whose many swindles included selliong fish oil on Fox Island, was a real snake-oil salesman.
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder at Fox Island home
Apr 21, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffDeputies 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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Being Neighborly | Community steps up to the plate for softball player
Apr 17, 2025 | By: Marsha HartWhen a local fastpitch softball player’s gear went missing, the community stepped up to keep her in the game.
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Chapin Day | What’s in a name? For the Shenandoah, it’s up in the air
Apr 17, 2025 | By: Chapin DayThe 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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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor golfers sweep at Gamble Sands Invitational
Apr 17, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneAlso this week: Gig Harbor girls water polo avenges an earlier loss and local schools split a rivalry track meet.
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Council likely to name first phase of Sports Complex after Doris Brown Heritage
Apr 17, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe City Council voted to name the new park after a Peninsula High graduate who ran in the Olympics twice and won many national championships.
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Bill would make it harder for insurance companies to deny mental health treatment
Apr 16, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe 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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Medical Examiner’s Office identifies one of two victims found after 14th Avenue fire
Apr 15, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Oliverio Huitron-Rosalez as one of the two people found dead following an April 8 fire on 14th Avenue NW near Gig Harbor. Huitron-Rosalez was 64 years old. The Medical Examiner’s office listed cause and manner of death as “pending.” It is not clear from the Medical Examiner’s brief
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Hospitals wary of potential cuts to Medicaid
Apr 15, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonRepublicans in Congress want to aggressively cut the budget, and health care leaders fear they will trim Medicaid — which could devastate rural hospitals.
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Rabbit Haven wants you to love bunny rabbits … but not necessarily get one as a pet
Apr 15, 2025 | By: Carolyn BickRabbit Haven hosts its Spring Thing fundraiser and educational event the week before Easter. And that’s no coincidence.
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