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.

Tides, Seahawks advance swimmers, wrestlers in postseason competition

Feb 06, 2022

Tides boys swimmers qualified nine entries for state and Seahawks wrestlers advanced eight to regionals.

Workers carry orange traffic barriers on the Harborview Drive sidewalk where utilities are being moved for a new roundabout.

Harborview Drive closing in south direction for roundabout construction

Feb 04, 2022

The dreaded resumption of the Harborview Drive closure for roundabout construction will begin on Feb. 28 and continue through July. The good news is the street won’t be shut down entirely as it was on Sept. 7-11 when Highway 16 crashes diverted drivers downtown and created a total standstill. Outside of those five days, the

Seahawks, Tides competing in postseason swimming, wrestling events

Feb 03, 2022

Peninsula and Gig Harbor athletes open postseason competition late this week in the West Central District III 3A swimming championships and sub-regional wrestling tournament. Swimming will be staged Friday and Saturday at Mount Tahoma High in Tacoma, and wrestling Saturday at Capital High in Olympia. Spectators will be allowed to attend wrestling, but not swimming,

Siblings Madison (left) and Mason Lukenbach walk into the new Artondale Elementary School on Nov. 22, 2021, the first day the building was open for classes.

Local student support group reaps large surprise donation

Feb 03, 2022

Communities in Schools Peninsula received $800,000 from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Sketch of PenMet Parks' future community recreation center looking from the south.

Designers: PenMet facility won’t be just another cookie cutter recreation center

Feb 01, 2022

PenMet’s community recreation center is being designed to tie into nature and the Gig Harbor culture.

Seahawks, Tides looking to put positive spin on challenging wrestling season

Jan 28, 2022

Peninsula and Gig Harbor scrambled to make up postponements, but got all of their league matches in and are looking ahead to the postseason.

Peninsula boys’ basketball playoff opportunity in their own hands

Jan 19, 2022

The Seahawks are in the middle of the South Sound 3A Conference pack at the midseason point and in position to capture a postseason berth.

State Parks gathers public thoughts on Kopachuck renovation, right-of-way

Jan 12, 2022

People presented about a dozen comments and questions during a 20-minute virtual meeting on Tuesday night.

Photo Gallery: Readers submit their high-water pictures

Jan 08, 2022

Readers sent in pictures of the abnormally high tides of the past couple days.

State Parks seeking input about Kopachuck road right-of-way transfer to county

Jan 08, 2022

Pierce County officials believe that an upcoming Kopachuck Park renovation will generate more traffic on their roads.

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