Photos: Opening day of the Waterfront Farmers Market
May 23, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe Waterfront Farmers Market opened Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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Massive hunt for a miniature cow results in Daisy May returning home
May 23, 2025 | By: Marsha HartDaisy May, a miniature Scottish Highland cow from an Artondale farm, went missing for three days. Social media sleuths and neighbors helped track her down.
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor girls second at state
May 22, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe busiest weekend of the high school sports calendar is upon us, with baseball, fastpitch and soccer state action and district track.
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Peninsula School Board suspends controversial staff expression policy
May 22, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryThe policy said that the district could fire teachers whose online speech “has an adverse impact on district operations.”
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Phone and ballistics evidence linked suspect to home where his father, brother were killed
May 22, 2025 | By: Vince DicePierce County Sheriff’s Office detectives identified Luis Miguel Huitron Campos, 25, as a suspect in the April 8 murders of his father and brother, thanks to cell phone records and ballistics tests. Pierce County prosecutors charged Huitron Campos, of Lakewood, with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson on Wednesday, May 21,
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Kopachuck State Park reopening in early August
May 21, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe reopening date was pushed back a few weeks because the contractor added four work items.
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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Inventory rises, but competition keeps prices climbing
May 21, 2025 | By: Alison PaoliIn the first 20 days of May, 42% of pending sales received multiple offers — a sign of strong buyer demand despite tight inventory.
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Peninsula School District’s NJROTC unit to march in National Memorial Day Parade
May 21, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryThe TideHawks NJROTC team from the Peninsula School District will represent Washington state in the 250th National Memorial Day Parade on Monday.
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Family member arrested in homicides discovered after fire at Gig Harbor home
May 20, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe 25-year-old suspect is the son and brother of the victims, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Trading jabs during the Battle of the Badges
May 20, 2025 | By: Marsha HartGig Harbor police and firefighters competed to see who would give the most blood during the annual Battle of the Badges on Monday.
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