State legislators considering fee on deliveries to fund roads
Jun 21, 2024Colorado and Minnesota already have implemented retail delivery fees. Washington may do the same to compensate for lagging gas taxes.
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Reimagining your home to fit your needs when you can’t move
Jun 18, 2024If you were lucky to buy or refinance during the COVID-19 pandemic, when interest rates were around 3% or less, you know you are sitting on a gold mine. But if the needs of your family changed in the meantime – you need another bedroom, an office, or want something updated and fresh – you
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The dumbest way to kill a shark
Jun 17, 2024E. E. may not have had all his Marbles, given his curious reaction to finding a shark on a beach near Rosedale in 1907.
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Home prices up again, and so is inventory
Jun 12, 2024In what seems like clockwork, home prices in the greater Gig Harbor notched up again in May, with inventory making more significant gains. According to data from the NWMLS, the median sale price of a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows bridges, including Fox Island, rose 0.4% from April to May 2024 to $878,398.
Narrows Bridge lanes will be closed over Father’s Day weekend
Jun 10, 2024Two lanes of the westbound Tacoma Narrows Bridge will close for repairs over Father’s Day weekend, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Monday. The two right lanes of the 1950-built bridge will close at 4 a.m. Saturday, June 15 and reopen at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 16. The ramp from Jackson Avenue in Tacoma
Gig Harbor Now and Then | You may be familiar with this former Post Office location
Jun 03, 2024The post office was in a well-known building at the corner of Harborview and Pioneer — for most of 1951, anyway.
Evergreen teacher charged with child molestation jailed briefly for violating parole
Jun 03, 2024Jordan Roy Henderson, the Evergreen Elementary teacher accused of child molestation, was back in jail briefly on Friday after a report he violated parole by holding gatherings at his home with minors present. The court released Henderson following a hearing Friday and he returned to home detention on $750,000 bail as of Saturday morning. On leave
Photo Gallery | 2024 Blessing of the Fleet
Jun 02, 2024The beginning of an atmospheric river kept crowds down on the second day of the Maritime Gig Festival on Sunday, June 2, 2024. But the show went on, with the usual car show, musical performances and the annual Blessing of the Fleet. Click on any image below to view a gallery of pictures from Sunday.
Photo Gallery | 2024 Maritime Gig Festival parade
Jun 01, 2024Photographs from the Maritime Gig Festival parade on June 1, 2024. Pictures by Larry Steagall, Vince Dice and Chapin Day. Click on any image below to view the pictures as a gallery.
Skansie Netshed under wraps
May 31, 2024With the 2024 Maritime Gig Festival on tap this weekend, the Skansie Netshed is all dressed up — but it’s no place to go. Normally abuzz with visitors’ activity during the the annual fest, workers have garbed the historic shed in white vinyl tarps draped over skeletal scaffolding. It is closed to the public through
