Health providers warily watching new administration’s executive orders
Feb 20, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe Pierce County Health District and reports no impacts, so far, from the flurry of executive orders coming out of Washington, D.C.
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Mat Classic starts today; these local wrestlers will compete
Feb 20, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Peninsula girls wrestling team is a top contender to win a second consecutive state championship at Mat Classic.
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Gig Harbor Real Estate | Demand remains strong as home prices, new listings rise
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Alison PaoliThe median price for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose by 1.8% from December to January, reaching a median sale price record of $915,000.
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PenMet expanding Fox Island sandspit park
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichTwo purchased parcels will add 3.6 acres and 265 feet of shoreline. The board also approved final design for a shoreline restoration.
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Gig Harbor boys fall a point short of upsetting top-seeded Auburn Mountainview
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Tides will learn their opening state tournament opponent on Sunday, Feb. 23.
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Legislation proposes a redesign of Washington’s state flag
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardThe bill’s Democratic sponsor says the current state flag is just … boring. Republican opponents say the proposal is ‘un-American.’
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Harbor Happenings | Lots to learn this week
Feb 18, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonA discussion of African folktales, an octopus talk and a poetry reading — and that’s all just Wednesday.
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Navy hospital in Bremerton transfers patients to civilian health system
Feb 18, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonThe hospital’s Internal Medicine Clinic had just one physician for 2,200 patients. Transferring them to civilian care will further stress an already overburdened system.
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International research center to work with Pierce County on combatting opioid addiction
Feb 17, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonJ-PAL North America will help Pierce County test a mobile opioid outreach program and study how long addicts should remain in rehab centers.
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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys open district play with double-overtime win
Feb 14, 2025 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor girls, meanwhile, fall in the first round and face a loser-out game on Saturday.
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