Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
The decision puts up a roadblock on plans for six new buildings on the property in rural Gig Harbor. Kensington Gardens appealed it.
Read More about Hearing examiner denies Kensington Gardens expansion
The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King will be celebrated from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 at the annual gathering in his honor at Gig Harbor United Methodist Church, 7400 Pioneer Way.
Read More about Harbor Happenings | MLK Day gathering planned for Sunday
The Rural Health Transformation Program was part of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. Health care leaders say it’s not enough.
Read More about Rural health program will send $181 million to Washington state
Albert Jonsoni and Luigi Gasloli came to America from South Africa (with a few stops along the way) in the early 20th century and later founded a brickyard in Gig Harbor.
Read More about Gig Harbor Now and Then | The Gig Harbor brickyard
The Peninsula girls wrestling team is once again ranked No. 1 in the state.
Read More about Sports Beat | Local wrestlers among the state’s best
Couple of Scoops, expected to open in May, will employ special-needs adults and sell all varieties of ice cream and candy.
Read More about Couple of Scoops will bring ice cream and opportunity to Olympic Village
A New Year’s Day visit to the Olalla Polar Plunge brings cold water, community spirit, a lost bottle, and an unexpected hero.
Read More about Two In Tow & On The Go | Our Knight In No Armor
At the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative send-off, local lawmakers didn’t sound optimistic about the 2026 session that starts Monday.
Read More about Local legislators offer bleak assessment of upcoming session
It’s a fire service tradition to push new apparatus in to the station, as firefighters did ‘before we had reverse on the transmission.’
Read More about ‘Push-in’ ceremony celebrates arrival of new ambulance
Several people sustained injuries when a vehicle crashed into a business at the Uptown Shopping Center Tuesday afternoon.
Read More about Vehicle crashes into building at Uptown