Gig Harbor Community Member

Letter to the editor | Help fight hunger by dropping food at Little Free Pantries

Apr 17, 2025

For five years Gig Harbor Midday Rotary has been stocking six Little Free Pantries in the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula area. You may not have seen them but they are there, much like the people living with hunger that you probably don’t see either. But they are there, and the number is growing. Our Pantry program

Letter to the Editor | Hands Off protest shows something has shifted

Apr 06, 2025

Letter to the editor by George Young of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the Editor | New middle school English curriculum a significant step

Apr 04, 2025

Letter to the editor by Michael Perrow of Gig Harbor.

Spring is in the air: Preparing your back for golf, pickleball season

Apr 01, 2025

There are a few simple things we can all do to keep our bodies — especially our backs — healthy as we head into the next season.

Letter to the Editor | Fire chief responds to letter about medical response

Mar 31, 2025

Letter to the editor by Dennis Doan of Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One.

Letter to the Editor | Olympia is coming for your money

Mar 31, 2025

Letter to the editor by Craig McLaughlin of Fox Island

Letter to the Editor | Congress must protect Medicaid, SNAP

Mar 25, 2025

I am angry that House leaders want to take a hatchet to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. When millions of Americans are just trying to make it through the week, why in the world does Congress want to make people sicker and hungrier? Medicaid and SNAP play a critical

Letter to the editor | License plate readers an invasion of privacy

Mar 23, 2025

I work in Tacoma and drive through Gig Harbor all the time. I do NOT approve of this invasion of my privacy and my license plate being read without my consent or knowledge must less it being given to any 3rd party. I don’t know that persons back ground. I don’t want to feel unsafe

Letter to the Editor | Emergency medical response and property taxes

Mar 23, 2025

Letter to the editor by Rolf Knuth of Gig Harbor.

Letter to the Editor | Accessory dwelling units could help provide affordable housing

Mar 23, 2025

It’s encouraging to see so many people paying attention to the Gig Harbor Comprehensive Plan Update (CPU). However, keep in mind the growth planned for in the CPU is not the result of Council, Mayor or Staff kowtowing to real estate interests, it’s a state mandate. Per the March 20th Gig Harbor Now article, “Comp