Gig Harbor breaks ground on sports complex
May 24, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichThe first phase — 1B— will include pickleball and bocce ball courts, a performance stage and playground. Phase 1A, with two multipurpose fields, is on deck.
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Clinic in Bremerton to host cutting-edge treatment for depression
May 22, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonAs the leader of Kitsap Mental Health Services, CEO Monica Bernard knows as well as anyone how easy it can be for someone facing serious mental illness to dismiss any anticipation of recovery. “Maybe their lives are weighed down by poverty, or housing instability, or chronic illness. It’s all too easy for them to give
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Military health care cutbacks putting strain on civilian providers, health board says
May 17, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonSince closing its labor and delivery unit two years ago, Naval Hospital Bremerton – which once delivered a quarter of Kitsap County’s babies – has relied on St. Michael’s Medical Center in Silverdale to provide delivery and obstetrics care to military patients. Kitsap Public Health officials say the reduction in obstetrics care is one of
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Check Out Washington backpacks bring the great outdoors into the library
May 14, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThere’s more to the library than books, magazines and CDs. Library cardholders can explore Washington’s 120-plus state parks and other state-owned lands through a Check Out Washington backpack, filled with things that provide access and inspiration for getting outside and exploring the Evergreen State. The Gig Harbor library at 4424 Point Fosdick Drive has two
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Opioid settlement funds help city reach out to those in need
May 09, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonShea Smiley is the city’s Housing, Health and Human Services manager. Her position, created last year, helps aid those in need.
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In the Margins | Spring has sprung: Rely on a guide when entering gardening purgatory
May 08, 2024 | By: Chris PhillipsHow Mike Gatto and Raft Island Roses helped Chris Phillips find a sunnier disposition toward gardening — just in time for Mother’s Day.
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Wellness Wednesday | Ending the stigma: Mental Health Awareness Month
May 07, 2024 | By: Scot FleshmanMental health is a term that encompasses many conditions. Here are some common symptoms and treatment options.
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Grant helps Rotary continue its Little Food Pantry program
Apr 30, 2024 | By: Jill DabbsThe Rotary Club of Gig Harbor Midday’s Little Food Pantry Project embarks on its fourth year providing emergency food, thanks in part to a matching grant from Rotary International District 5020. The grant provided $3,000 to purchase food to supplement donation and fundraising efforts. Beginning early 2021 with just two pantries, the project has grown
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911 meets 988 at emergency call center serving Gig Harbor area
Apr 29, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonAs the largest 911 call center in Washington, a growing number of the nearly 1 million calls South Sound 911 handles annually involve someone experiencing a mental or behavioral health crisis. Aiming to better support these callers, the emergency call center launched a first-of-its-kind model that will bring counselors from the state’s 988 mental health
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Making the case for a new approach to substance-use treatment
Apr 24, 2024 | By: Conor WilsonFor decades, research into substance use treatment has found that a rigid focus on abstinence-only models has caused just a small fraction of those in need to seek treatment. But as the opioid epidemic surges in Kitsap and across the country, Wayne Swanson, director of Subacute Recovery Services at Kitsap Mental Health Services, says providers
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