Photos: Low-tide walk at Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve
Apr 03, 2025Carolyn Bick tagged along with Harbor WildWatch on a recent low-tide beach walk on Fox Island. Here’s what they saw.
Can you spot a bottle job at 20 paces?
Mar 25, 2025A Q&A with Ghostlight’s founder on upcoming production of “Steel Magnolias”
Harbor WildWatch’s Beach Monitoring Program keeps volunteers up late
Jan 21, 2025The volunteers flock to area beaches in the darkest hours of winter to count sea stars, crabs and other creepy-crawly critters.
Harborview-Stinson roundabout to get experiential art installation
Jan 15, 2025The work, to be installed this year next to the new roundabout, features a compass rose, map and Northwest flora and fauna.
Cold plunging advocate says the water’s just fine, even in winter
Dec 31, 2024Renate Rain and the Puget Sound Plungers say a cool dip in the sound is good for your mental health and helps connect you to nature.
Lighting of menorah celebrates Jewish holiday of Chanukah
Dec 30, 2024The community celebrated Chanukah by lighting a menorah at Skansie Brothers Park in Gig Harbor.
Menorah at Uptown Gig Harbor vandalized
Dec 29, 2024Unknown vandals knocked the menorah over, tore out its lights and bent back its branches.
A conversation with new Peninsula Art League President Robin Avni
Dec 26, 2024Robin Avni sat down with Carolyn Bick to discuss her journalism background, upcoming book at what’s next for PAL.
Lighted Boats Parade dazzles in the darkness
Dec 15, 2024The Lighted Boat Parade delighted the hundreds who crowded the Gig Harbor waterfront on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.
In photos: Mark Dickson Creek’s record-breaking chum run
Dec 05, 2024Mark Dickson Creek neighbors took the initiative to restore the tiny stream near Rosedale over many years. Their efforts paid off with the largest return of salmon in decades.