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

Fire chief recommends bond for training center, upgrades to three stations

Dec 15, 2021 | By:

A live-fire training center would be constructed, the Kimball Drive fire station rebuilt, and Artondale and Swede Hill stations remodeled for about $80 million.

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New Gig Harbor mayor, council members sworn in

Dec 15, 2021 | By:

New mayor Tracie Markley and new council members Brenda Lykins, Roger Henderson and Seth Storset will begin serving in January.

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Mayor Kuhn, City Council celebrate accomplishments as chapter comes to close

Dec 14, 2021 | By:

Mayor Kit Kuhn said he considers his most important accomplishments to be saving Soundview Forest and establishing a strong relationship with the Puyallup Tribe.

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Survey: More trails, picnic areas top parks wish list

Dec 13, 2021 | By:

Gig Harbor conducted a survey and hosted an open house to solicit public input for use in updating its parks plan.

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Suspect rams police car before being captured, jailed

Dec 13, 2021 | By:

The 20-year-old Key Peninsula man had already served prison time for a Gig Harbor burglary and had run from police earlier.

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COVID-19 infections temporarily shut down landmark Tides Tavern

Dec 12, 2021 | By:

Though nearly 90% of Tides staff is vaccinated, enough workers were stricken by the virus to make scheduling difficult.

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Santa, with mailbox back in place, returns to Olalla route

Dec 11, 2021 | By:

Children can again mail letters to the jolly one, who will make the rounds in his makeshift sleigh after missing last year because of COVID.

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Seahawks’ Griffin, Tides’ Cedarland named league’s top volleyball, football players

Dec 10, 2021 | By:

Peninsula’s Katrina Cardinal was also cited as the South Sound 3A conference’s volleyball coach of the year and the Seahawks’ Schmidt Hall as the league’s top football lineman.

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Tides trim sixth-ranked Timberline to improve to 3-0 in boys basketball

Dec 10, 2021 | By:

Will Landram scored 25 points, Luke Browne 24 and Christian Parrish 15 to pace the Tides in the league-opening thriller.

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PenMet Parks board approves $31.6 million for community recreation center

Dec 08, 2021 | By:

The Peninsula Metropolitan Parks District approved a $31.6 million outlay Tuesday night to construct a community recreation center on the former Performance Golf Center site. Two weeks earlier, the parks board had passed a 2022 capital budget in which $23.7 million of the $33.1 million total is devoted to the center at 2416 14th Avenue

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