Pierce County receives grant to map eelgrass
Apr 07, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichThe $500,000 award enables the county to monitor sensitive eelgrass habitat that serves as an indicator of nearshore health.
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Gig Harbor police chief Busey announces retirement
Mar 27, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichGig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey will retire on June 23, the city announced Thursday, March 27. Busey, 60, joined the force as an entry-level officer in 1991 and worked his way up to chief in 2014. “The city has treated me very fairly, graciously,” Busey said Thursday morning. “I had a series of opportunities.”
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Texas mystery-developer plans 31 houses next door to Gig Harbor High School
Mar 26, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyThe project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
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Gig Harbor won’t install license plate-reading cameras
Mar 26, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonPublic comment was overwhelmingly against license-plate reading cameras, and the council voted 5-2 against installing them.
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Proposed new Gig Harbor comp plan doubles down on housing density
Mar 20, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyThe plan would increase density, thanks in part to a new state law requiring jurisdictions to accommodate housing for a variety of income levels.
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Many receiving ‘smishing’ scam messages for alleged unpaid tolls
Mar 19, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichThe text messages imitate tolling agencies and attempt to acquire people’s credit card or banking information.
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Cultural access program and tax headed for November ballot
Mar 13, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonVoters will decide in November whether to increase the city sales tax to pay for a cultural access program to support nonprofits.
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State eyes savings from Medicaid pharmacy benefit, which could hurt clinics that help the most vulnerable
Mar 12, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonGov. Bob Ferguson wants to steer savings from the Medicaid pharmacy benefit into the general fund. This provider currently uses that money to pay for mobile health clinics.
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Reassessment improves Fox Island fire rating
Mar 10, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichHomeowners insurance costs could be reduced now that a newly remodeled Station 53 will be staffed on most days.
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Crowd at Randall’s town hall asks why Democrats aren’t doing more
Mar 07, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe crowd at the first-term representative’s town hall urged Randall and her Democratic colleagues to stand up to Trump.
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