Wollochet road improvements among projects receiving state funds
Apr 25, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichState budgets also included money for PenMet’s community recreation center and restoration of Whiteman Cove on Key Peninsula.
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Gig Harbor businessman convicted for participating in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Apr 24, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichA jury found David Charles Rhine guilty of four misdemeanors for entering the Capitol Building and walking the hallways for 22 minutes.
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Airport advisory meeting audience questions loss of trees, taxi lane
Apr 13, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichThe FAA requires thousands of trees to be removed for safety; widening flight service company leases could displace taxi lane.
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City moving ahead with plans to replace North Creek culvert with a bridge
Apr 12, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonWork will begin in 2025 on a new bridge on Harborview Drive to “daylight” North Creek, a small stream flows beneath the road. The bridge will replace a box culvert that now serves as fish passage for migrating salmon in North Creek, also known as Donkey Creek. The city must design and permit the project
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Inattention to disabilities prompted Caldier to leave Republican Caucus
Apr 11, 2023 | By: Vince DiceDocuments obtained by Gig Harbor Now through a public records request indicate that state Rep. Michelle Caldier of Gig Harbor left the Washington House Republican Caucus to protest what she views as inadequate accommodations to help her serve while experiencing vision loss. Caldier remains a Republican, but she left the Caucus in November 2022, not
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City residents discuss ideas for climate action plan
Apr 04, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe city of Gig Harbor hosted an online workshop on climate change on March 29, as part of its efforts to craft a Climate Action Plan. Seattle-based Cascadia Consulting Group led the workshop, attended by more than two dozen people. The consultants gathered feedback on five “overarching sectors” of the action plan: transportation; buildings and
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City Council approves $4.5 million contract for public works operations center
Mar 30, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor Public Works Department is a step closer to having a new operations center after the city council approved contracts worth nearly $4.5 million to build it. The largest contract approved by the council on Monday was the $3.6 million construction contract with Pease and Sons Construction. The council also delegated change order
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Spring Market planned for mid-May near Civic Center
Mar 28, 2023 | By: Vince DiceA festival planned for mid-May aims to bring tourists into town before the usual tourist season, get some mileage out of the under-utilized Civic Center Green and provide a boost for the suddenly homeless Local Makers Gig Harbor group. It’s set for the day before Mother’s Day, so the Local Makers Spring Market & Festival
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Man who stalked legislator sentenced to 17 months in prison
Mar 28, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichA Bremerton man convicted of stalking 26th District Rep. Michelle Caldier has been sentenced to 17 months in prison. On March 1, Isaiah Long, 34, pleaded guilty Kitsap County Superior Court to two counts of stalking Caldier, R-Gig Harbor. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Albert Didcock recommended a sentence of 17 months in state prison, the top
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Captain Seahawk slashes lunch debt at Peninsula High School
Mar 23, 2023 | By: Christina T HenryThe $6,000 donation was one of several items deemed routine business. The gift “to pay off delinquent lunch accounts” at Peninsula High School was accepted without discussion or debate as part of the Peninsula School Board’s Feb. 9 consent agenda. The donor was none other than “Captain Seahawk,” a Gig Harbor resident who raises money
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