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The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Chowder Social, with dishes prepared by top local chefs, is Saturday at the Vintage Aero Museum.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | Warm up with some Chowder on Feb. 15
The 16-year-old suspect lives in Federal Way and is also suspected of other robberies in Bellevue and King County.
Read More about Police arrest teen suspect in December purse-snatchings
Corrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
Read More about Bill would make it easier for corrections officers to be covered for PTSD
Cross-Narrows phone service has been available since 1907. To call a car dealer, people in those times needed only to dial ‘1’.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | The local history of telephones, cars and telephones in cars
The Peninsula girls play for a district tournament berth on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the University of Puget Sound.
Read More about Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys, girls secure district playoff berths
Longtime Gig Harbor resident, window manufacturing titan and philanthropist James “Jim” Milgard died Friday, Jan. 31, at his home in Indian Wells, California. He was 84. Milgard’s father Maurice and older brother Gary launched Milgard Glass in a small building on South Tacoma Way in 1958. Jim joined the family business in 1961 at age
Read More about Window manufacturing baron Jim Milgard called Gig Harbor home
Also this week: An attempted robbery by a person in mental health crisis and shoplifters going to lengths to conceal merchandise.
Read More about Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Police investigate incident involving adults at girls basketball game
A Washington State Hospitals Association spokesman said demands from immigration agents alone are not sufficient to gain access to patients or restricted areas.
Read More about Hospitals warned to be ready for interactions with immigration officers
Four local firefighters who helped contain the recent Los Angeles wildfires brought back valuable experience from their two-week deployment.
Read More about Local firefighters are home from L.A. Here’s what they saw
Troopers arrested a man from Grapeview on suspicion of vehicular homicide and DUI following the crash.
Read More about One dead in collision near Wauna