Gig Harbor Now Staff

Minerva Scholarship applications due March 31

Feb 27, 2025

Minerva has awarded nearly $600,000 in scholarships and helped more than 225 local women achieve their educational goals over the past 33 years.

Day Tripper | Wright Park and Tacoma’s Stadium District

Feb 26, 2025

Wright Park and the Stadium District in Tacoma were the setting for a number of 1990s movies.

Summer Sounds at Skansie lineup set for 2025

Feb 24, 2025

Who’s playing at Summer Sounds at Skansie in 2025? Here’s the lineup.

Gig Harbor Now and Then | Gig Harbor Garage was the area’s first car dealership

Feb 24, 2025

The previous Gig Harbor Now and Then column gave the answers to four questions concerning early local telephones. One question that was not asked or answered last time concerns how to cope with one of today’s internet providers on the Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas, CenturyLink. Having had multiple extensive, unwanted, unsatisfying, and unfathomably bad experiences

Gig Harbor Real Estate | Demand remains strong as home prices, new listings rise

Feb 19, 2025

The median price for a single-family home in the greater Gig Harbor area rose by 1.8% from December to January, reaching a median sale price record of $915,000.

Legislation proposes a redesign of Washington’s state flag

Feb 19, 2025

The bill’s Democratic sponsor says the current state flag is just … boring. Republican opponents say the proposal is ‘un-American.’

One man’s private war against Scotch broom and blackberries

Feb 14, 2025

Spring is on the horizon. Soon the author will venture into his yard to fight the eternal enemy.

Western Flyer relics draw no bids at auction

Feb 14, 2025

A Wauna man acted as agent for the sale of the items. Their fate is unknown after no bidders emerged at an auction Thursday.

Western Flyer relics go to auction this week

Feb 11, 2025

Relics from the boat made famous by a Steinbeck book, discovered by a Wauna man, go on sale on Thursday in an internet auction.

Police arrest teen suspect in December purse-snatchings

Feb 10, 2025

The 16-year-old suspect lives in Federal Way and is also suspected of other robberies in Bellevue and King County.