Whooping cough cases spiked sharply in 2024
Jun 19, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe state recorded 25 times more cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in 2024 than in 2023.
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Public gets first look at PenMet’s new recreation center
Jun 18, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichPeople are invited to experience the new facility for free during a grand-opening celebration on Saturday.
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Peninsula School District getting first new food service provider in decades
Jun 16, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryAramark takes over the contract from Sodexo starting next fall. Here’s what will be on the menu.
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Legislature cut key public health fund by $24 million over next two years
Jun 11, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonWashington public health departments will see a slight reduction in state funding for basic services over the next two years, but the severity and local impacts of that loss on the Kitsap Peninsula remains unclear. State legislators reduced spending on Foundational Public Health Services by $24 million over the 2025-2027 budget. Those funds sustain essential
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Federal cuts could hamper wildfire efforts, health district warns
May 27, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonAn EPA grant to the Pierce County health district was eliminated, while the federal Forest Service endured thousands of layoffs.
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Trading jabs during the Battle of the Badges
May 20, 2025 | By: Marsha HartGig Harbor police and firefighters competed to see who would give the most blood during the annual Battle of the Badges on Monday.
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State health care leaders criticize Republicans’ Medicaid plan
May 16, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonMedicaid, the state-federal insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities, is a critical revenue source for all hospitals.
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Hospitals’ financial outlook improves, but local health care industry still operating in the red
May 14, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonReimbursement rates are down, Medicaid funding is in question and recent state budget changes could hurt hospitals’ bottom lines.
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About 50 students at Discovery Elementary sick in suspected norovirus outbreak
May 12, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffAbout 50 students at Discovery Elementary School are sick in what the Tacoma-Pierce County Health District believes is an outbreak of norovirus. A Peninsula School District statement said school administrators identified a possible problem on Thursday, May 8. By Friday, 50 students were absent or went home early. Norovirus is a highly contagious disease that
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St. Anthony owner expands partnership with Seattle Children’s Hospital
May 12, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe expanded partnership will reduce the amount of travel for patients and eliminate barriers to quality care, the company said.
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