Keough returns to manage Gig Harbor parks
Jan 23, 2022Matt Keough, who spent two years here as an associate planner, comes back to run the city’s parks department.
Matt Keough, who spent two years here as an associate planner, comes back to run the city’s parks department.
Mary Barber will complete the term of Tracie Markely, who resigned to become mayor. It runs through November 2023. The majority of Council members are now women, in addition to the mayor.
Gig Harbor is requesting $2 million from the state capital budget this session, but local legislators aren’t optimistic they can get it.
Sarah Stancikas and Heather Maher, co-founders of Swim Safe Gig Harbor, presented their vision for a public aquatic center to the Gig Harbor City Council during its meeting Monday. “Swimming is an essential life skill,” Maher told the Council. “Currently there is no public swimming pool in Gig Harbor. Swimming lessons are incredibly hard to
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, state Sen. Emily Randall and state Reps. Jesse Young and Michelle Caldier participated in a virtual meeting Thursday.
Local artists share the influence renowned artist William Turner had on their work and lives.
With snow on the ground, dozens of brave souls dived or jumped off the bridge into the chilly water at the Olalla Polar Bear Plunge.
No decision was reached after a 10-hour Kitsap County hearing Thursday on the status of Olalla Valley Vineyard and Winery‘s conditional use permit (CUP). The 5.87-acre winery, owned and operated by Stuart Chisholm and Mary Ellen Houston, is zoned Rural Protection (RP), which permits agriculture-related uses and agritourism. The permit was issued in April 2017,
New mayor Tracie Markley and new council members Brenda Lykins, Roger Henderson and Seth Storset will begin serving in January.
Mayor Kit Kuhn said he considers his most important accomplishments to be saving Soundview Forest and establishing a strong relationship with the Puyallup Tribe.