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Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.

Scenic Lombard Drive forest getting healthy trimming

Nov 22, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

Trees in the Ellis Forest Conservation Easement are being thinned to create a more diverse and healthy environment.

Basket Brigade feeding hundreds of families this week

Nov 21, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

For the past several weeks, school kids, business owners and nonprofits have been decorating cardboard boxes that will be filled with Thanksgiving dinners and delivered to families in need in Gig Harbor and beyond. From eight families to hundreds It’s part of the Thanksgiving Basket Brigade, a program founded in 1993 by Gig Harbor resident

Business spotlight: PlanLED brings big league experience to Gig Harbor

Nov 18, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

PlanLED, which recently moved its headquarters and opened a showroom in Gig Harbor, has installed lights in some of the most iconic buildings in the country. Yankee Stadium in New York. Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Seattle’s T-Mobile Park (neé Safeco Field) and Portland’s Moda Center. What the company wants to do now is

City to study improvements at Crescent Creek Park

Nov 18, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The city of Gig Harbor will start studying improvements at Crescent Creek Park and the surrounding area next year. The city council on Monday unanimously approved a contract with Hough Beck & Baird, Inc. Landscape Architects to create a master plan and conceptual design for the park. The master plan will ascertain the condition of

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Fleeing Mustang goes wrong way on Hwy. 16

Nov 18, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A Silver Ford Mustang fleeing from Gig Harbor police ended up driving the wrong way on Highway 16 early on the morning of Nov. 6. An officer spotted the Mustang, which officers were looking for in association with two

Sports Beat: Soccer teams wrap up successful seasons

Nov 18, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

Peninsula (15-2-2) reached the Class 3A girls soccer state tournament quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over Bonney Lake on Friday, Nov. 11. But the Seaawks’ impressive season ended with a 3-0 loss to Shorecrest the next day. The fifth-seeded Seahawks ran into a juggernaut in Shorecrest (18-1-1), which had outscored opponents 63-4 on the season.

Fox Island group a model for disaster preparedness

Nov 17, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

There’s nothing like living on an island with a 68-year-old bridge to make you think, “What’s going to happen when The Big One hits?” Jim Braden and Doug Nelson have thought about this a lot. They and other members of the Fox Island Community and Recreation Association Emergency Response Organization have worked tirelessly to ensure the

Chum Festival returns to welcome the salmon home

Nov 16, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The 14th Chum Festival is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19 and 20, at Donkey Creek Park in Gig Harbor.

Gig Harbor and Peninsula volleyball start state tournament play

Nov 16, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

Local volleyball talent was on display Nov. 12, when Peninsula and Gig Harbor faced each other in the district championship at Capital High School. Peninsula (18-2) entered the district tournament as the No. 1 seed. They advanced to the championship match by mowing down Central Kitsap, Kelso and Prairie by convincing 3-0 scores. When they

Culvert taking Purdy Creek under the Highway 302 spur.

Purdy fish passage work delayed until spring

Nov 16, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

The fish passage project that will close the Highway 302 spur in Purdy has been postponed until early spring, weather permitting, according to state Transportation Department spokeswoman Cara Mitchell. A contractor for the state will swap out an old concrete box culvert for a 77-foot-long bridge where the creek goes under the highway and empties