Besides approving the $20.7 million construction contract, the board moved to place a levy lid lift renewal on the November ballot and heard from supporters pushing to reinstate a fired employee.
Gofundme accounts have been opened and people are uniting to help two women who recently lost their homes — and a father — to house fires.
Madelyn Hunter, Steven Nielson and Billy Sehmel are competing for two spots in the Nov. 7 general election.
Values rose 0.8% on the Gig Harbor Peninsula overall and dipped 0.8% within the city limits. The values will be used to calculate next year’s property taxes.
Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One spent Monday monitoring the site of a wildfire that spread along Highway 16 on Sunday, June 25, and threatened nearby buildings. The cause of the fire was not immediately available. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. A dog was badly burned and its owner is raising funds for
The fire Sunday afternoon along the right side of eastbound Highway 16 attracted a heavy response and back up traffic for miles.
PenMet Parks will ask voters in November to renew a six-year levy lid lift that would allow it to continue to collect property taxes of up to 6% more than the previous year instead of the state limit of 1%. When residents voted to form the district in 2004, they agreed to pay 75 cents
Preseason testing showed one bright spot. Nisqually Reach averaged 7.3 Dungeness per pot pull. Chambers Bay drew 1.8, and the other six sites brought in fewer than one.
The parks district hired a firm to perform a master plan for Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve and is pursuing a grant to add adjacent properties.
The first phase of tree cutting at Tacoma Narrows Airport will take down only a fraction of the total number designated for removal. Neighbors of the Pierce County-owned facility received a postcard recently describing Phase 1 of the project. The county sent the cards in late May to about 1,100 residents near the airport, according
