Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
We returned to Gig Harbor at the end of June after a family vacation in the north woods of Canada’s Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, this year the typically fresh lake air and photogenic views were compromised by a gray layer of noxious wildfire smoke from northern Ontario. It reminded us of Puget Sound’s summer of
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Gofundme accounts have been opened and people are uniting to help two women who recently lost their homes — and a father — to house fires.
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Police arrested a 26-year-old Gig Harbor man on suspicion of assault, resisting arrest and for an outstanding warrant following an incident on Saturday, July 1, on Hunt Street. The suspect, who officers wrote suffers from mental illness, fought with a man walking his dog along the road. He also threatened to assault a woman, who
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The 4th of July season is typically a busy one for Katie Bennett, but not so much this year. Bennett, the Gig Harbor High School girls soccer coach, usually spends the last days of June and the first of July running a fireworks stand with her players. But a city of Gig Harbor ban on
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Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One spent Monday monitoring the site of a wildfire that spread along Highway 16 on Sunday, June 25, and threatened nearby buildings. The cause of the fire was not immediately available. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. A dog was badly burned and its owner is raising funds for
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The fire Sunday afternoon along the right side of eastbound Highway 16 attracted a heavy response and back up traffic for miles.
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A mom told told police that another child’s dad grabbed her 6-year-old son, yelled and cursed at him, and popped his balloon during a birthday party at a business on Kimball Drive on June 17. The mom told police
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The National Transportation Safety Board and the Pierce County Fire Marshal’s Office believe that oil-soaked rags caused a fire that destroyed a $1.5 million yacht at the Peninsula Yacht Basin last year. NTSB posted its report on the fire this week. Nobody was injured in the fire. Firefighters from Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A 30-year-old Gig Harbor homeless man who struggles with mental health problems punched an acquaintance who stopped to give him money on June 8, according to a Gig Harbor Police report. The victim told police he saw the 30-year-old
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A 17-year-old woman and her 23-year-old brother told police they had been shot at while driving on 38th Avenue in Gig Harbor at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6. Nobody was injured in the incident, which took place on 38th between Hunt and 56th streets. Interviews with the victims and witnesses lead Gig Harbor Police
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