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

Woman, 42, killed in collision in Purdy

Feb 19, 2026 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

The driver was trying to turn left from Burnham Drive to Purdy Drive in the collision, which blocked traffic in Purdy for more than four hours.

Business planned for Harborview Drive hopes to offer a place for Gig Harbor to gather

Feb 18, 2026 | By: Marsha Hart

gather Gig Harbor (with a small ‘g’) would offer a market, meeting space and connection at a building its owners recently acquired along the downtown waterfront.

New arts partnership focuses on progress, not perfection

Feb 18, 2026 | By: Carolyn Bick

Peninsula Art League and Ebb Tide Gallery, a downtown artist cooperative, will work together to showcase regional artists.

City sees benefit to multifamily housing — but keeping commercial presence — at Peninsula Shopping Center

Feb 17, 2026 | By: Carolyn Bick

As the city of Gig Harbor prepares to overhaul its zoning codes, a possible public-private partnership to bring multifamily housing to the Judson Street complex is an option.

Harbor Happenings | Pier Into the Night, emergency preparedness and more

Feb 17, 2026 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Peninsula Emergency Preparedness Coalition (PEP-C) host a Pizza and Preparedness meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Civic Center at 3510 Grandview St. Learn about PEP-C’s Community Emergency Response Training and how people can get involved in community preparedness. Learn more about PEP-C here. History Museum exhibit ends soon Harbor

State Senate votes in favor of so-called ‘millionaires’ tax’

Feb 17, 2026 | By: Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard

Washington state moved one step closer Monday to creating a personal income tax two years after the Legislature said it wouldn’t. Majority Democrats in the Senate advanced legislation on a 27-22 vote to tax households earning more than a million dollars. Passage of the bill followed a three-and-a-half hour debate on whether this will make for a fairer

Tides a game away from state tournament after knocking off Seahawks

Feb 16, 2026 | By: Dennis Browne

Twelfth-seeded Peninsula kept the game close before falling to No. 5 Gig Harbor, 65-56.

City monitoring proposed legislation that would complicate camping bans

Feb 16, 2026 | By: Conor Wilson

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.