PenMet held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its $1.6 million renovation of the circa-1938 Arletta Schoolhouse. Former students reminisced about attending classes there.
Three hundred people honored local military veterans with food, music and speeches.
PenMet proposes $34.5 million construction budget for 2023 with $29.2 million pushed forward from this year, the bulk of it for the community recreation center.
Without the renewal, the department is limited to collecting just 1% more in taxes than it received the previous years. That’s not enough to cover rising costs.
District 7 county council candidates Paula Lonergan and Robyn Denson took questions during a Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce forum on Thursday.
Pierce County Council candidate Paula Lonergan had some catching up to do after the Aug. 2 primary election. We’re less than two weeks away from discovering whether she succeeded in chasing down Robyn Denson from behind. Denson, the lone Democrat, garnered 58% of the primary vote. Four Republicans split the other 42%, with Lonergan nipping
Chum salmon arrive in throngs to spawn in small streams like those around the Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas. Here are some good places to watch them.
Olalla was home to one of many Nike anti-aircraft missile batteries around the country in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was closed after a few years because of improved technology and the changing Soviet threat from bombers to ICBMs.
Brown marmorated stink bugs are searching for warm spots to weather the winter. Relatively new to the Northwest, they’ve been largely undiscovered by predators that could keep their numbers down.
Soil sampling is part of the design phase, which will continue into next summer. Construction to to add bike lanes on both sides of the street and a sidewalk, planter strip and lighting on the east side will occur in 2024.
