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A wind phone is a disconnected telephone in a natural setting that grieving people can use to privately express their feelings or speak with loved ones who have died.
Read More about Parks Commission recommends city consider installing wind phone
Kitsap County and contractor NaphCare agreed to pay the family $2.75 million to settle the lawsuit that accused them of negligence contributing to the death of a 34-year-old man at the jail.
Read More about Kitsap County, jail medical provider to pay family of deceased inmate $2.75 million
The legislation would bar local jurisdictions from enforcing camping bans, unless they provide “adequate” shelter beds. State Rep. Adison Richards, D-Gig Harbor, voted against it.
Read More about City monitoring proposed legislation that would complicate camping bans
It was the second pediatric flu death in Washington state this season.
Read More about Child in Kitsap County dies from flu-associated illness
BloodworksNW, a blood bank in Silverdale, issued a Code Red. That indicates that the region has only a one- to two-days supply of critical blood types and platelets.
Read More about Blood banks scrambling after winter storms disrupted donations
The Far North, a grief and wellness venture, provides support for grieving people in general and specifically for those who lost a family member to a homicide.
Read More about Gig Harbor-based business helps its clients navigate grief
Washingtonians who purchase health insurance through the state exchange are paying more after Congress eliminated a health care tax credit. Many just dropped insurance.
Read More about Washingtonians feeling pain from elimination of health care tax credit
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.
Read More about After 50-day stay in NICU, this family wanted to give back
As the nonprofit marks its 50th anniversary, Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH honors the hundreds of volunteers who make the organization’s work possible.
Read More about FISH celebrates 50 years of neighbors helping neighbors
The decision puts up a roadblock on plans for six new buildings on the property in rural Gig Harbor. Kensington Gardens appealed it.
Read More about Hearing examiner denies Kensington Gardens expansion