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City council approves Sports Complex contracts

Apr 11, 2024 | By:

The Gig Harbor City Council approved three contracts for construction of Phase 1B of the Sports Complex during its meeting on Monday, April 8. The Sports Complex has been in the works since 2011, when the city acquired the land on Harbor Hill Drive across the street from what is now Swift Water Elementary School.

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City residents discuss pros and cons of property tax vote

Apr 08, 2024 | By:

Over the next two weeks, Gig Harbor voters will decide whether to raise their property taxes nearly 60 percent to plug a $3 million hole in the city’s general fund that could happen as early as 2025. The Pierce County Elections Office mailed ballots to city residents on April 5. The ballots ask voters inside

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Pierce Transit debuts door-to-door, on-demand van service

Apr 02, 2024 | By:

Runner van service costs the same as the bus and is limited to destinations within the Gig Harbor city limits.

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Food back in, events out at Olalla Bay Market

Mar 31, 2024 | By:

Kitsap County is allowing Olalla Bay Market to resume serving food and drinks while it seeks a restaurant permit, but says there’s no avenue to events returning.

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City council asks planning commission to review proposed zoning change

Mar 28, 2024 | By:

The Gig Harbor City Council voted Monday to ask the city Planning Commission to review a proposal to change the land use designation for a 23-acre parcel west of Highway 16. A group called Henderson Burnham LLC requested the zoning change so the company can build an unspecified number of single-family homes on the site.

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Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling could creep into 2033

Mar 28, 2024 | By:

Three of the past four annual reports project that increasing insurance and operating costs could extend tolls a few months beyond their anticipated removal date.

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Commercial fishing fleet still waiting for its homeport

Mar 25, 2024 | By:

Members of Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet have waited more than a decade for the city to build a Commercial Fishing Homeport, which has been part of the plan for Ancich Park since 2013. It looks like they will have to wait at least another year. Negotiations between the city and the National Marine Fisheries Service

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Feasibility studies recommend contiguous recreation, senior, aquatics centers

Mar 21, 2024 | By:

PenMet also advanced a master plan for Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve to the final design phase.

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Gig Harbor plans $2 million roundabout at 56th Street and 38th Avenue

Mar 14, 2024 | By:

Many people living near the junction of 56th Street NW and 38th Avenue NW, at the western edge of Gig Harbor city limits, have been there long enough to remember when it was a country crossroads. Traffic at this spot is not bad now. But when city officials look at the intersection in light of

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Gig Harbor Council accepts feasibility study for Sports Complex Phases 2 and 3

Mar 13, 2024 | By:

The Gig Harbor City Council moved a step toward making the Sports Complex a reality by accepting a feasibility study for its Phases 2 and 3 in a 5-1 vote on Monday, March 11. Council member Jeni Woock voted against adopting the study. Council member Roger Henderson was absent, while Mary Barber, Ben Coronado, Le

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