2025 saw more evictions than ever in Washington state
Feb 26, 2026 | By: Conor WilsonIn Pierce County, 3,655 eviction actions were filed last year, 87 more than in 2024. But the rate of growth has slowed.
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Valdez not running for another term in the state House
Feb 24, 2026 | By: Conor WilsonBarely a month after confirming her plans to run for reelection, Washington state Rep. Michelle Valdez, R-Gig Harbor, backtracked Tuesday, announcing she would not seek a seventh term in the House of Representatives. Valdez, neé Caldier, has represented Washington’s 26th Legislative District — spanning Gig Harbor, the Key Peninsula, Port Orchard and part of Bremerton
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Parks Commission recommends city consider installing wind phone
Feb 24, 2026 | By: Carolyn BickA wind phone is a disconnected telephone in a natural setting that grieving people can use to privately express their feelings or speak with loved ones who have died.
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Kitsap County, jail medical provider to pay family of deceased inmate $2.75 million
Feb 20, 2026 | By: Conor WilsonKitsap County and contractor NaphCare agreed to pay the family $2.75 million to settle the lawsuit that accused them of negligence contributing to the death of a 34-year-old man at the jail.
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County council recommends approving public safety sales tax proposal
Feb 19, 2026 | By: Carolyn BickThe council voted 4-3 to recommend approving the 0.1% sales tax, proceeds from which would help hire sheriff deputies. It will formally take up the proposal next month.
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Q&A provides details on cost, possible roundabout and more in Fox Island Bridge replacement
Feb 19, 2026 | By: Ted KenneyA Pierce County engineer clarifies that a roundabout isn’t the only option for the intersection of Warren Drive and Fox Island Bridge Road, but also explains why it could be a good one.
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Fourth of July parade to mark 250th anniversary of Independence Day
Feb 19, 2026 | By: Vince DiceThe city and civic groups are organizing a Fourth of July parade and other activities to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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City sees benefit to multifamily housing — but keeping commercial presence — at Peninsula Shopping Center
Feb 17, 2026 | By: Carolyn BickAs the city of Gig Harbor prepares to overhaul its zoning codes, a possible public-private partnership to bring multifamily housing to the Judson Street complex is an option.
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State Senate votes in favor of so-called ‘millionaires’ tax’
Feb 17, 2026 | By: Jerry Cornfield/Washington State StandardWashington state moved one step closer Monday to creating a personal income tax two years after the Legislature said it wouldn’t. Majority Democrats in the Senate advanced legislation on a 27-22 vote to tax households earning more than a million dollars. Passage of the bill followed a three-and-a-half hour debate on whether this will make for a fairer
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City monitoring proposed legislation that would complicate camping bans
Feb 16, 2026 | By: Conor WilsonThe legislation would bar local jurisdictions from enforcing camping bans, unless they provide “adequate” shelter beds. State Rep. Adison Richards, D-Gig Harbor, voted against it.
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