Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Joel’s Law, now a decade old, allows family members to petition for involuntary mental health treatment. The number of cases involving Joel’s Law petitions has increased statewide by 266% since 2020.
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Hope B., age 9, brings joy to residents of local assisted living facility Gig Harbor Court.
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Introducing: Kid Picks! 🎉 Where we list family-friendly events worthy of your kid-calendar.
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A funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.
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Gig Harbor Police Chief Kelly Busey will retire on June 23, the city announced Thursday, March 27. Busey, 60, joined the force as an entry-level officer in 1991 and worked his way up to chief in 2014. “The city has treated me very fairly, graciously,” Busey said Thursday morning. “I had a series of opportunities.”
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The project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
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Public comment was overwhelmingly against license-plate reading cameras, and the council voted 5-2 against installing them.
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The year-old AKtion Club gives developmentally disabled adults a social outlet and a chance to give back to the community.
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Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams opted to see her hometown through a tourists’ eyes this month.
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A Q&A with Ghostlight’s founder on upcoming production of “Steel Magnolias”
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