Gig Harborites love the natural surroundings in which they live, and Gig Harbor Now staff members keep them apprised of opportunities to enjoy and preserve their forests, waters and creatures.
Air quality on the Kitsap Peninsula will oscillate between healthy and moderate levels over the next couple days as smoke from the Bear Gulch wildfire on the Olympic Peninsula sweeps over the region. As of Monday afternoon, most areas of Kitsap, Pierce and King counties had ‘moderate’ air quality, according to the Puget Sound Clean
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Kopachuck State Park, closed for 14 months, opens again with a new playground, better trails and a renovated multipurpose building.
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Federal agencies denied Gig Harbor’s third permitting attempt for the long-sought Commercial Fishing Homeport.
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Fourth of July revelers left plenty of detritus on the Purdy Spit, despite signs noting a ban on fireworks there and a tide that must’ve made setting them off there difficult. Volunteers gathered Saturday morning to clean up.
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The state departments of Ecology and Health are leading an effort to determine whether turf can be manufactured without hazardous chemicals.
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The state had hoped to open the facility off Kopachuck State Park last spring, but ran into too many obstacles.
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The state declared a drought emergency for much of Western Washington, but not for Gig Harbor or the Kitsap Peninsula. Here’s why.
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The reopening date was pushed back a few weeks because the contractor added four work items.
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Construction should begin within two weeks on two synthetic-turfed, lighted fields and be completed by December.
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Opponents of the project won concessions and promises of cooperation from Taylor Shellfish, which hopes to start planting geoducks this summer.
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