COPS volunteers a force multiplier for Gig Harbor police
Apr 24, 2025 | By: Marsha HartSix volunteers in the police department’s COPS (or Citizens Offering Police Support) program help keep commissioned officers on the street.
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Sports Beat | Peninsula baseball bounces back with big win over Capital
Apr 24, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Seahawks and Tides face off at 4 p.m. Friday, April 25, at Sehmel Park for crosstown bragging rights.
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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Early spring housing activity picks up steam
Apr 24, 2025 | By: Alison PaoliThe median home prices for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose to a new record of $922,000 in March.
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Long-awaited report identifies gaps in how Peninsula schools respond to harassment, intimidation and bullying
Apr 24, 2025 | By: Christina T HenryPeninsula School District’s HIB report shows reports of racist and homophobic bullying increased dramatically in the past three years.
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City revamping its laws on ADUs, aka ‘mother-in-laws’ or ‘granny flats’
Apr 23, 2025 | By: Carolyn BickA 2023 state law required cities to change regulations governing accessory dwelling units, or ADUs. Here’s what Gig Harbor’s proposed law will say.
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Happy to be alive, Meissner family recovering from devastating house fire
Apr 22, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichA GoFundMe account has been set up to help Uwe, Gunda and Mark Meissner cope until they can rebuild on the Artondale site.
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Prosecutors charge 29-year-old Fox Island man in shooting death of girlfriend
Apr 22, 2025 | By: Vince DicePierce County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Lars Eugene Nelson, 29, with fatally shooting his girlfriend at a home on Fox Island on Sunday, April 20. Prosecutors charged Nelson with second degree murder in Pierce County Superior Court. Charging documents indicate the 27-year-old woman, who is identified only by initials, died of multiple gunshot wounds to the
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Medical examiner identifies second victim found following fire on 14th Avenue
Apr 22, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Alejandro Huitron Campos, 31, of Gig Harbor as one of two people found dead following the fire on April 8.
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State’s solution to its budget deficit could cost hospitals millions of dollars
Apr 22, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonVirginia Mason Franciscan Health, which owns both hospitals on the Kitsap Peninsula, is bracing for the fallout from Washington’s multi-billion dollar budget deficit and the impacts it could have across its network of Puget Sound hospitals. State hospitals have lost millions of dollars and struggled to regain profitability since the pandemic. Now, they estimate they
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Gig Harbor Knowledge Bowl team wins state championship
Apr 22, 2025 | By: Marsha HartIt’s the first time Gig Harbor won the academic competition, in only its third year of competing at state.
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