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Suspect in Gig Harbor bank robbery arrested

Apr 12, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Gig Harbor police on Monday arrested a 27-year-old man suspected of robbing several Pierce County banks, including one in Gig Harbor. He is being held on suspicion of first-degree robbery and attempted first-degree robbery, according to Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey. Following questioning by Gig Harbor police, the suspect was transferred to the Pierce

Chinese language students from Gig Harbor connect with school in Taiwan

Apr 11, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Peninsula School District will phase out middle school Chinese classes next year. Low enrollment cited.

Neighbors of proposed sports complex want to know its impacts

Apr 08, 2022 | By: Ed Friedrich

The group is circulating petitions to submit to the City Council asking for environmental impact studies on the entire project by an independent agency.

Glory Eastabrook, turns on a ball with perfect technique, for a hit in the 6-0 win as Pitcher Alli Kimball watches from the dugout.

Sports Beat: Peninsula softball calms Tides

Apr 08, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

It’s time for the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the high school sports scene in Gig Harbor. We will begin with the game of the week: a fastpitch showdown between the Peninsula Seahawks and the Gig Harbor Tides on Wednesday on the Seahawks’ home diamond. Kimball, Seahawks shut out Tides Peninsula (8-1, 4-0 South

Vandals deface Gig Harbor artist’s mural of support for Ukraine

Apr 07, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

A local artist’s gesture of support for the people of Ukraine — a mural of a sunflower set against the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag — was vandalized Wednesday night. The mural is on a wall outside Devoted Kiss café on North Harborview Drive and was painted by Hillarie Isackson, whose art studio

Contractors working on the Harborview Drive-Stinson Avenue roundabout are on track to get two-way traffic flowing through the intersection as soon as late May. If the weather turns bad, the project could be delayed, however.

Sunshine brightens outlook for Harborview Drive project

Apr 07, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

Thanks in part to this week’s sunshine, contractors are on track to get two-way traffic moving through the Harborview Drive-Stinson Avenue traffic circle project earlier than first expected, the city announced this week. If weather conditions continue to be favorable, and barring any ever-worrisome “unforeseen circumstances,” southbound drivers could be moving through the intersection again

Rep. Derek Kilmer tests positive for Covid but is asymptomatic

Apr 07, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer has tested positive for Covid-19, the Gig Harbor Democrat announced on Wednesday, April 6. “I am currently asymptomatic — and I am grateful to be fully vaccinated and boosted,” Kilmer said in a news release. “I will follow CDC guidance and isolate for the next several days.” Kilmer added that his

Peninsula, Gig Harbor both among top softball teams in state

Apr 06, 2022 | By: Dennis Browne

Two of the top 18 Class 3A softball teams in the state, as ranked by the high school sports website Maxpreps, square off on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 6. And they don’t even have to leave the peninsula to do it. No. 7 Peninsula and No. 18 Gig Harbor are both unbeaten in South

Areas proposed for residential dock prohibition are marked in red on this map.

New restrictions on docks proposed for parts of Fox Island, Key Peninsula

Apr 05, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

Pierce County is proposing prohibiting new residential docks and piers on 7.3 miles of shoreline on Fox Island and the Key Peninsula. The prohibition is among five proposed amendments to the county’s Shoreline Master Program, a set of regulations required by the state Shoreline Management Act. The other amendments deal with aquaculture, fencing within buffers

A flotilla of kayaks, canoes and other vessels turned out to celebrate the new paddlers dock at Ancich Park.

New Paddlers’ Dock at Ancich Park makes a splash

Apr 04, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The opening of a new paddlers’ dock at Ancich Waterfront Park was a dream come true for the Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Club and others who like to spend time on the water. It was also a bit of a history lesson. The dock — including storage space the club’s boats — is the

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