Harbor Happenings | Lots to learn this week
Feb 18, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonA discussion of African folktales, an octopus talk and a poetry reading — and that’s all just Wednesday.
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Navy hospital in Bremerton transfers patients to civilian health system
Feb 18, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe hospital’s Internal Medicine Clinic had just one physician for 2,200 patients. Transferring them to civilian care will further stress an already overburdened system.
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International research center to work with Pierce County on combatting opioid addiction
Feb 17, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonJ-PAL North America will help Pierce County test a mobile opioid outreach program and study how long addicts should remain in rehab centers.
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys open district play with double-overtime win
Feb 14, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor girls, meanwhile, fall in the first round and face a loser-out game on Saturday.
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One man’s private war against Scotch broom and blackberries
Feb 14, 2025 | By: Chapin DaySpring is on the horizon. Soon the author will venture into his yard to fight the eternal enemy.
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Western Flyer relics draw no bids at auction
Feb 14, 2025 | By: Chapin DayA Wauna man acted as agent for the sale of the items. Their fate is unknown after no bidders emerged at an auction Thursday.
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Driver offered a homemade license during traffic stop
Feb 13, 2025 | By: Vince DiceEditor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Gig Harbor Police cited a 52-year-old man for obstructing an investigation after he refused to answer questions or exit his vehicle on the morning of Feb. 8. An officer spotted the man driving on Kimball
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Volunteers gather to count the peninsula’s hard-to-find homeless population
Feb 13, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonGetting a reliable count of people experiencing homelessness is difficult anywhere. On the Gig Harbor-Key Peninsula, it is even more arduous.
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City complies with legislation setting guidelines for processing building permits
Feb 13, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe new law requires the city to process certain permit applications within established timeframes — but some issues can “stop the clock.”
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Gig Harbor astrophotography students capture stunning images of deep-space nebula
Feb 12, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryStudents in Eric Wolgemuth’s astrophysics class spent hours this past semester in the parking lot of Gig Harbor High School training a powerful telescope on objects thousands of light years away. Using an array of sophisticated equipment and software, they produced stunning images of deep-space nebula. Their image of the North American Nebula, which is
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