Three vying for PenMet commissioner seat
Jul 12, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichMadelyn Hunter, Steven Nielson and Billy Sehmel are competing for two spots in the Nov. 7 general election.
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The Battle for Carr Inlet pitted local community against the Navy
Jul 06, 2023 | By: Ted KenneyThink the fight against Walmart in the 1990s, or the more recent flap over building 35 new dwelling units at the bottom of Harborview Drive, stand as the biggest citizen crusades in peninsula history? Those were minor disagreements when compared to the Battle for Carr Inlet, fought in the early 1950s. Decades before the term
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City, county step up fireworks restrictions amid increased fire risk
Jun 30, 2023 | By: Vince DiceThe 4th of July season is typically a busy one for Katie Bennett, but not so much this year. Bennett, the Gig Harbor High School girls soccer coach, usually spends the last days of June and the first of July running a fireworks stand with her players. But a city of Gig Harbor ban on
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City council approves updated transportation plan
Jun 29, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe city council adopted a new six-year Transportation Improvement Program on Monday, June 26, adding one project from the previous list and shifting some others. The plan lists the street projects the city has scheduled for 2024 to 2029. Cities must update the document annually and ensure it’s consistent with their comprehensive plans to qualify
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Property values relatively unchanged after huge spike last year
Jun 27, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichValues rose 0.8% on the Gig Harbor Peninsula overall and dipped 0.8% within the city limits. The values will be used to calculate next year’s property taxes.
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PenMet Parks proposing levy lid lift renewal
Jun 22, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichPenMet Parks will ask voters in November to renew a six-year levy lid lift that would allow it to continue to collect property taxes of up to 6% more than the previous year instead of the state limit of 1%. When residents voted to form the district in 2004, they agreed to pay 75 cents
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State keeps South Sound closed to crabbing for sixth summer
Jun 22, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichPreseason testing showed one bright spot. Nisqually Reach averaged 7.3 Dungeness per pot pull. Chambers Bay drew 1.8, and the other six sites brought in fewer than one.
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Council approves Historic Preservation Commission
Jun 15, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor City Council approved creation of a Historic Preservation Commission at a meeting Monday, June 12. The commission will make recommendations to the council on properties to be listed on the local historic register. It will also advise the council on matters related to the city’s historic resources. Members of the commission have
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County delineates first phase of airport tree removal
Jun 08, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichThe first phase of tree cutting at Tacoma Narrows Airport will take down only a fraction of the total number designated for removal. Neighbors of the Pierce County-owned facility received a postcard recently describing Phase 1 of the project. The county sent the cards in late May to about 1,100 residents near the airport, according
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Dry weather induces early Pierce County burn ban
Jun 07, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichWith rainfall about one-third less than normal, Pierce County issued a burn ban that began today, June 7. It applies to yard debris and land clearing, not burn pits and barbecues.
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