Health district laying off 22 employees
Nov 20, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe Tacoma-Pierce County Health District notified employees late last month that their positions would end Dec. 19
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Key Peninsula food pantry, swamped by demand, eyes an expansion
Nov 19, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonKey Peninsula Community Services operates a food pantry in a tiny building near Home. It’s holding a fundraiser Friday in Gig Harbor.
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Government shutdown ends, but health care costs remain up in the air
Nov 17, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonCongress reached a deal to end the government shutdown last week without addressing the future of an expiring tax subsidy that made health insurance cheaper for thousands in the West Sound. Roughly 19,900 residents in Washington’s Sixth Congressional District – which includes Gig Harbor, part of Tacoma and the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas – benefited
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Family Promise uses AI to help combat homelessness in Pierce County
Nov 13, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonFamily Promise, a national organization whose local chapter is a central player in fighting homelessness in Pierce County, plans to expand to other Western Washington communities.
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State denies treatment provider’s license application
Nov 07, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonPeninsula Counseling is closely linked with Rainier Recovery, and DOH alleges that Rainier’s former CEO was involved with it.
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FISH, other foods banks experiencing record demand due to government shutdown
Nov 06, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonWith SNAP benefits not available and federal workers not getting paid, more people are turning to food banks like Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH.
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Gig Harbor Oncologist and Breast Cancer Specialist: Early Cancer Detection Saves Lives
Nov 05, 2025 | By: Virginia Mason Franciscan HealthRegular screening and early detection are key to the fight against breast cancer.
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City holds food drive, encourages donations for families with infants
Nov 04, 2025 | By: Carolyn BickThe only way babies can eat is if they have access to breast milk or formula. Without either, they will starve. Now, thousands of families in Gig Harbor and around Pierce County who rely on the federal government’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program face the possibility that they won’t be able to feed their
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State to fund food banks during suspension of SNAP benefits
Oct 31, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonFerguson ordered the state to send $2.2 million per week to food banks as long as SNAP benefits are not available.
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‘Washington needs more’ programs like this one, auditor’s report finds
Oct 27, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonCARES programs connect people who called 911 with services and support to minimize the likelihood of them needing to go the ER again.
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