Ed Friedrich

Ed Friedrich is a longtime local journalist and Gig Harbor resident. He worked 35 years at the Kitsap Sun as a sportswriter, copy editor, page designer, news reporter, news editor and rubber band shooter. A South Kitsap native, Ed first moved to Gig Harbor while a student at the University of Puget Sound in the late 1970s and has witnessed a new community grow from old roots during the ensuing half century. He is a creek freak, weather geek, scanner addict, and digs kayaking and saltwater swimming at his Key Peninsula cabin.

Bremerton man pleads guilty to stalking Rep. Caldier

Mar 15, 2023

Sentencing 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, 2023

Searchers 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, 2023

The 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, 2023

If 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

Docks on Hales Pass on the east side of the Fox Island bridge.

Ecology seeks comment on Pierce shoreline changes

Feb 28, 2023

The 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.