Community

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

Evictions spike in Pierce County, around the state

Jul 03, 2025 | By: Conor Wilson

Pierce County had 3,568 evictions in 2024, a 22% jump from the prior year. Evictions were up 33% from pre-pandemic levels.

State program examines alternatives to problematic chemicals in artificial turf, other products

Jul 02, 2025 | By: Conor Wilson

The state departments of Ecology and Health are leading an effort to determine whether turf can be manufactured without hazardous chemicals.

From no car radio to European stages: A chat with Tacoma Opera general director Limuel Forgey

Jul 02, 2025 | By: Carolyn Bick

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.

Fourth of July forecast: Hot and dry with a chance of fireworks

Jul 01, 2025 | By: Vince Dice

Fireworks can be discharged from 10 a.m. to midnight in unincorporated Pierce County; they are banned entirely in Gig Harbor city limits.

Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Man charged with drive-by shooting in Olalla

Jul 01, 2025 | By: Vince Dice

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.

Harbor Happenings | Time to start searching for Round Rock entries

Jul 01, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Harbor History Museum will accept Round Rocks Contest submissions later this month, but it’s not to early to start looking for them.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | The lost machinist

Jun 30, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

Albert Fleuss, a machinist whose work was critical to Gig Harbor’s early fishing fleet, deserves the same recognition as his successor.

Behind The Finds, Part 6: Don Wolford and his three-piece suits

Jun 30, 2025 | By: Tonya Strickland

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.