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Documents provide peek inside local nursing homes — but don’t rely on them exclusively

Sep 19, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

When evaluating a nursing home, it also helps to show up unannounced and talk to staff members.

Peninsula School District warns of rise in cyberbullying

Sep 19, 2024 | By: Christina T Henry

Peninsula School District is seeing a rise in online bullying, Superintendent Krestin Bahr reported to families and staff on Tuesday. Bahr, in a statement posted on the district’s website, called the trend “deeply concerning.” “Students have been posting unflattering and sometimes explicit photos of students and staff without their consent on social media sites, namely

PenMet celebrates opening of revamped Rosedale Hall

Sep 18, 2024 | By: Marsha Hart

An afternoon mist began to turn to light rain just as a ribbon cutting ceremony wrapped up Tuesday evening to officially celebrate the extensive renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Rosedale Hall. About 40 community members gathered in the parking lot to listen as Pen Met Parks commissioners and staff spoke on the importance of preserving

Sixth District candidates talk health care, economy and bipartisanship

Sep 17, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

Democrat Emily Randall and Republican Drew MacEwen, the candidates to succeed Derek Kilmer in Congress, discussed issues Tuesday in Bremerton.

Facing Fentanyl town halls set for Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula

Sep 17, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

Pierce County, Peninsula School District and Gig Harbor officials are hosting a town hall at the city’s civic center next month to discuss the local impacts of the fentanyl crisis. Fentanyl is having devastating impacts on our communities and affecting people across the economic spectrum, Pierce County Councilmember Robyn Denson said in a statement announcing

Harbor Happenings | Open Studio Tour, ChuSeok Festival highlight week’s events

Sep 17, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Celebrate the arrival of autumn and the Harvest Moon with songs from the Scottish Highlands, Korean moon cakes and tours of local artists’ studios. Open Studio Tour This weekend, 42 artists will open their studios to the public during the 31st annual Open Studio Tour. Painters, potters, jewelry designers, sculptors and artists who work in

During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, locals share their stories and knowledge

Sep 16, 2024 | By: Marsha Hart

Childhood cancer is rare. But Karen Caywood of Gig Harbor knows that it doesn’t seem that way when a doctor informs a parent their child has been diagnosed. “Once you’re told that your child has childhood cancer, it’s not rare anymore. It’s infuriating, and feels so dismissive to be told that it’s rare,” she said.

Game gets away from Peninsula after competitive first half

Sep 16, 2024 | By: Dennis Browne

The Curtis Vikings (2-0) football team came to Purdy and unleashed a punishing defense on their way to a 42-6 victory over the Peninsula Seahawks (0-2) on Friday, Sept. 13, at Roy Anderson Field. The Seahawk defense applied some physical hits early during a competitive first half. They rattled Viking ball carriers and forced several

Local case is first time tularemia, a rare infectious disease, spread from marine mammal to human

Sep 13, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

Epidemiologists with the Kitsap Public Health District have co-authored a new report documenting the first recorded case of a human contracting the infectious disease tularemia from a marine mammal. The finding, published last month in the Centers for Disease Control’s Morbidity and Mortality weekly report, details how a 32-year-old wildlife biologist from Kitsap County contracted

Gig Harbor Council considers raising sales tax via its Transportation Benefit District

Sep 13, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Gig Harbor City Council will consider raising the sales tax inside city limits by .1% to pay for street maintenance. The council heard the first reading of an ordinance to do that on Monday. The new ordinance, which will be on the council agenda on Sept. 23, would also change the ways in which

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