Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
For Raed Fahmy, MD, FACC, a cardiologist at St. Anthony Hospital, the fight against heart disease is personal. Witnessing his father die from a heart attack at 18 years old has fueled his lifelong mission to help others avoid a similar, devastating situation. “Where I grew up, there were very limited treatment options,” he recalls.
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Corrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
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Cross-Narrows phone service has been available since 1907. To call a car dealer, people in those times needed only to dial ‘1’.
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The Peninsula girls play for a district tournament berth on Saturday, Feb. 8, at the University of Puget Sound.
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Longtime Gig Harbor resident, window manufacturing titan and philanthropist James “Jim” Milgard died Friday, Jan. 31, at his home in Indian Wells, California. He was 84. Milgard’s father Maurice and older brother Gary launched Milgard Glass in a small building on South Tacoma Way in 1958. Jim joined the family business in 1961 at age
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Also this week: An attempted robbery by a person in mental health crisis and shoplifters going to lengths to conceal merchandise.
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A Washington State Hospitals Association spokesman said demands from immigration agents alone are not sufficient to gain access to patients or restricted areas.
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Four local firefighters who helped contain the recent Los Angeles wildfires brought back valuable experience from their two-week deployment.
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Troopers arrested a man from Grapeview on suspicion of vehicular homicide and DUI following the crash.
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The Tacoma Tree Foundation and the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s EnviroCorp are holding a tree giveaway at Donkey Creek Park from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8.
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