Health & Wellness

After 50-day stay in NICU, this family wanted to give back

Jan 16, 2026 | By:

Tessa and Jack Lindley organized a drive to help families with babies in the NICU, or neonatal intensive care unit, at St. Joe’s in Tacoma.

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FISH celebrates 50 years of neighbors helping neighbors

Jan 15, 2026 | By:

As the nonprofit marks its 50th anniversary, Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH honors the hundreds of volunteers who make the organization’s work possible.

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Hearing examiner denies Kensington Gardens expansion

Jan 13, 2026 | By:

The decision puts up a roadblock on plans for six new buildings on the property in rural Gig Harbor. Kensington Gardens appealed it.

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Rural health program will send $181 million to Washington state

Jan 12, 2026 | By:

The Rural Health Transformation Program was part of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. Health care leaders say it’s not enough.

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Flu cases rise as public health experts study new strain

Jan 06, 2026 | By:

Flu cases routinely increase in the weeks after the holidays, but a new mutation called Subclade K could cause a ‘pretty severe influenza season.’

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Nonprofit seeks donations amid dangerously low supply of some critical blood types

Jan 06, 2026 | By:

Bloodworks Northwest is asking people — especially those with Type O Blood critical for trauma care — to schedule donation appointments to restore supplies.

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Freestanding ERs proliferate on the peninsula

Dec 23, 2025 | By:

Freestanding ERs offer emergency care in buildings detached from a hospital campus, and three of them are now open in Kitsap County. Here’s how they work.

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Senior center construction could begin in 2028

Dec 18, 2025 | By:

The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation announced plans for a new, $14 million senior center at the corner of Point Fosdick Drive and 36th Street NW.

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74-bed tower now open at Silverdale hospital

Dec 12, 2025 | By:

The new tower will ease pressure in the emergency room and expand access to specialty care at St. Michael Medical Center.

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Hybrid ER-urgent care opens in Port Orchard

Dec 10, 2025 | By:

Virginia Mason Franciscan hopes the hybrid facility will relieve pressure on St. Anthony in Gig Harbor and St. Michael in Silverdale.

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