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Greg Spadoni compares scenes from “Hit,” the movie filmed in Gig Harbor, with current-day photos of the same locations.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | A glimpse of Gig Harbor in the 1970s
The No Kings demonstrators protested against Donald Trump’s administration on the president’s birthday.
Read More about Demonstrators flood Gig Harbor streets for ‘No Kings’ protest
Gig Harbor and Peninsula athletes earned all-conference honors following the spring sports season.
Read More about Sports Beat | Gig Harbor stars win division pitching honors
The Mountaineer Tree is an approximately 218-foot-tall living legend that’s called Tacoma home since the 1500s.
Read More about Two in Tow & On the Go | Tacoma’s Mountaineer Tree is a giant of the forest
The state declared a drought emergency for much of Western Washington, but not for Gig Harbor or the Kitsap Peninsula. Here’s why.
Read More about Drought declaration covers much of Western Washington — but not Gig Harbor
Sixteen local graduating seniors received scholarships ranging from $1,250 to $2,500 from residents at the senior housing community.
Read More about Herons Key awards nearly $40,000 in scholarships to 16 local graduating seniors
Two employees who shut off the gas to prevent further damage were badly burned and flown to the hospital.
Read More about Large propane fire leaves two in critical condition
Washington public health departments will see a slight reduction in state funding for basic services over the next two years, but the severity and local impacts of that loss on the Kitsap Peninsula remains unclear. State legislators reduced spending on Foundational Public Health Services by $24 million over the 2025-2027 budget. Those funds sustain essential
Read More about Legislature cut key public health fund by $24 million over next two years
The park next door to the Tom Taylor YMCA includes a new playground, pickleball courts and more.
Read More about Doris Heritage Park to open June 16
As Kimberly Shaw recalls her arduous four-year journey to open the first licensed child-care center on the Key Peninsula, she holds an infant boy in her lap. Getting a permit for a child-care center has been more difficult than Shaw, director of the nonprofit Key Peninsula Cooperative Preschool, initially envisioned. The process has been filled
Read More about Legislation makes opening a child care a little easier