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PenMet Parks celebrates installation of final recreation center beam

Jul 17, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

Contractors and parks people performed the rite, albeit later than expected because steel delivery had been delayed.

City council adopts three-year strategic plan

Jul 11, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Gig Harbor City Council adopted a three-year strategic plan for 2024 through 2026 on Monday, July 8. The plan calls for: Updating public works standards. Exploring new revenue sources, including a business and occupation tax. Completing Phase 1 of the Sports Complex and finding funding for Phases 2 and 3. Designing and building the

A SAIF place for people struggling with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Jul 08, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

A short-term residential facility supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from across Washington is expected to open near Gig Harbor in the coming months. The facility will help its clients avoid institutionalization and return to their home communities. The facility, located along Highway 302 west of Wright Bliss Road, will provide crisis care and

Public safety sales tax revenues would primarily sustain police staffing

Jul 02, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

After overwhelmingly rejecting a property tax increase earlier this year, Gig Harbor voters will head to the polls again this summer to vote on a sales tax measure supporting the city’s police department and general fund budget. Revenue from the proposed Public Safety Sales Tax, which will appear on the Aug. 6 primary ballot, would

Burnham Drive project atop city’s six-year transportation plan

Jun 27, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Gig Harbor City Council approved a new six-year Transportation Improvement Program during its meeting on Monday, June 24. The TIP is a list of street projects the city expects to tackle over the next six years. The city updates it every June. State and federal funding programs require local jurisdictions to have a six-year

Fireworks allowed just 14 hours in county, not at all in city

Jun 27, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

If fire officials can’t persuade people not to give up personal fireworks altogether, they’d be obliged if lighting them was contained to the Fourth.

Gig Harbor, Key Peninsula property values take 6% jump

Jun 26, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Home values across the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsulas increased in value by more than 6% this year. That matches the average residential rise across Pierce County after a 3% drop last year, Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer Mike Lonergan said in a press release Wednesday. Average Gig Harbor Peninsula home worth $937,000 The average home within