Highway 16 crashes paralyze Gig Harbor streets
Mar 29, 2023A collision last week not only shut down the highway but clogged side roads. Though the wreck was more severe than usual, it’s not unusual for repercussions to extend into Gig Harbor.
Man who stalked legislator sentenced to 17 months in prison
Mar 28, 2023A Bremerton man convicted of stalking 26th District Rep. Michelle Caldier has been sentenced to 17 months in prison. On March 1, Isaiah Long, 34, pleaded guilty Kitsap County Superior Court to two counts of stalking Caldier, R-Gig Harbor. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Albert Didcock recommended a sentence of 17 months in state prison, the top
Westbound Highway 16 closed while police search for crash suspect
Mar 22, 2023A wrong-way driver hit a car head-on near the Pierce-Kitsap county line and fled into the woods.
Pierce County asking public to weigh in on flood plan
Mar 22, 2023Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula residents might be interested in coastal flooding that will be included for the first time in the new plan.
Bremerton man pleads guilty to stalking Rep. Caldier
Mar 15, 2023Sentencing of Isaiah Long is scheduled for March 24. The prosecutor will ask for top-of-the-range 17 months.
Search continues for plane, pilot missing from Tacoma Narrows Airport
Mar 14, 2023Searchers have been looking for a Cessna since the night it departed Tacoma Narrows Airport on March 6, but snow and rugged terrain near Queets have made it difficult.
Pilot, plane disappear after departing Gig Harbor airport
Mar 10, 2023The Tacoma man departed Monday evening and headed out over the Key Peninsula before contact was lost.
Gig Harbor man impresses at World’s Strongest Firefighter competition
Mar 08, 2023If you should ever need to be carried out of a burning building, Zack Hash would be a strong candidate. The Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One firefighter placed seventh Saturday, March 4, in the World’s Strongest Firefighter competition as part of the 2023 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Hash, 26, competed against 46
Ecology seeks comment on Pierce shoreline changes
Feb 28, 2023The state is reviewing Pierce County’s proposed changes to its Shoreline Master Program. One would place 52 more miles off limits to new residential docks and piers.
Gig Harbor property tax bills spike
Feb 23, 2023A fire department construction bond and escalating housing prices contributed to the rise in property taxes over last year.