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Pierce County, Peninsula School District and Gig Harbor officials are hosting a town hall at the city’s civic center next month to discuss the local impacts of the fentanyl crisis. Fentanyl is having devastating impacts on our communities and affecting people across the economic spectrum, Pierce County Councilmember Robyn Denson said in a statement announcing
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The Gig Harbor City Council will consider raising the sales tax inside city limits by .1% to pay for street maintenance. The council heard the first reading of an ordinance to do that on Monday. The new ordinance, which will be on the council agenda on Sept. 23, would also change the ways in which
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Since 2022, the city of Gig Harbor has worked to create a conservation area, called the txʷaalqəł Conservation Area, spanning 40.5 acres of land near the heart of downtown. The city’s recent purchase of property from two private landowners increased those 40.5 acres to just shy of 52 total acres. The city acquired the land
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Unpaved peninsula: The Harbor’s hidden forests and fields Note: Growing up on the Gig Harbor Peninsula used to entail some familiarity with the woods. If you knew the routes, you could cross the peninsula on trails, sticking to fields and forests (and occasionally crossing a country road). That’s much harder today, yet undeveloped land remains
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A neighbor whose home was damaged by a 2017 slide seeks to stop Kopachuck tree cutting until tests show it’s safe.
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Every year, the Gig Harbor City Council reviews fees for everything from dog licenses to renting city-owned facilities, from business license fees to building permits. On Monday, Sept.9 the council will consider updating fees to recoup the costs of processing each permit, license or service. The new schedule is based on the time it takes
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The state requires the city to accommodate the development of 892 units by 2044. A majority of those need to be affordable to people making below median incomes.
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Last year, as the city of Gig Harbor prepared to update its Comprehensive Plan — the outline for the way city government will strategize, create, and operate towards the year 2044 — it conducted surveys at various events known to be a bustle of Harbor activity. Several centered around the Downtown Waterfront Farmers Market. The city
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The Washington Secretary of State’s office certified the Aug. 6 primary election on Thursday, Aug. 22, confirming local results that were largely clear on election night. The certification affirms that Democrat Adison Richards of Bremerton and Republican Jesse L. Young of Gig Harbor will face off for House Position 1 in the 26th Legislative District.
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During the final months of any presidential election cycle, it’s tempting to grow cynical about politics and the process we use to propel our democracy. My own Grinch-like outlook toward elections began during the 1980s when, as a community reporter and editor here in Gig Harbor, I stayed glued to my desk into the wee
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