Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Phase 1B of the Gig Harbor Sports Complex is nearly complete – and it has a name. The Gig Harbor City Council voted 6-1 on Monday, April 28, to name the park in honor of Doris Heritage. Heritage, a Peninsula High alumna, ran in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, is a member of the U.
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Opponents of the project won concessions and promises of cooperation from Taylor Shellfish, which hopes to start planting geoducks this summer.
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“Collaborative Identity: A Dual Exhibition” is at Tacoma Community College-Gig Harbor through June 9 and features works by Korean American visual artists Emily Jounghee Won and Hannah Kyungsook Ra.
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For nearly a year, I’ve been planning an April day trip to Brinnon on the Hood Canal. Last spring, I learned about Brinnon’s annual Fjord Fest on Memorial Day weekend. It sounded like a lot of fun. Imagine my surprise when, while beginning my pre-day trip research, I learned that for the first time since
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Aimee Hentschell, a single mother of three who coaches at a private gym in Kent, is doing well but faces a long road to full recovery.
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Other upcoming events include more low-tide beach walks, free shredding, low-cost movies, music and more.
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The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the deaths of Oliverio Huitron-Rosalez and Alejandro Huitron Campos as homicides.
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Liz and Mavi Ashe, who owned the gallery on Harborview Drive that closed late last year, hope to reopen on Soundview in 2027.
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The city Design Review Board asked developers to back off a request to reduce buffers but approved use of up to 60,000 cubic yards of fill material.
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The state’s operating, transportation and capital budgets now go to Gov. Bob Ferguson, who promised to “carefully review” them.
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