Gig Harbor Now and Then | Stop signs didn’t always look like this
Oct 20, 2024Final, definitive proof that the editor is in no way improving these columns, which are already perfect when they are submitted.
Photo gallery | Gig Harbor 3, Central Kitsap 1
Oct 18, 2024Photos by Meegan M. Reid of the Kitsap Sun from Gig Harbor’s 3-1 win over Central Kitsap on Thursday, Oct. 17. Click on any image below to view the photographs as a gallery.
Pierce County jurors now getting $100 per day
Oct 15, 2024The Washington State Standard, a nonprofit newsroom covering policy and politics in Olympia, wrote this story. Residents of Pierce County who appear for jury duty will receive $100 a day and mileage reimbursements in an attempt to improve juror participation and diversity. The pilot program, which began Monday, Oct. 14, replaces the $10 typically paid
Possible northern giant hornet sighting reported near Burley
Oct 15, 2024The Washington State Department of Agriculture is investigating a report of a potential northern giant hornet in South Kitsap County. The northern giant hornet is an invasive species sometimes referred to as “murder hornets.” They first surfaced in Washington nearly five years ago. A Washington State Department of Agriculture spokesperson said Monday that a Burley
19-year-old woman dies in Highway 16 crash
Oct 14, 2024A 19-year-old Everett woman died following a collision on Highway 16 early on Thursday, Oct. 10. The Washington State Patrol said the woman was driving a 2015 Honda Civic east on Highway 16 near 24th Street in Gig Harbor around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. The car left the roadway and hit a guardrail before coming to
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Mortgage rates drop and buyer activity picks up
Oct 10, 2024Pending single-family and condo sales jumped by 23.2% locally from August to September. This is only the second time since 2010 that we’ve seen such an increase during this period.
Monday’s fog forced tug pulling two barges to put on the proverbial brakes
Oct 08, 2024A little maritime drama with a happy ending played out Monday morning when, in bright sunshine at the west end of Gig Harbor, an historic tug pulled out towing two barges. The larger ferried a towering crane, the smaller hauled a jumbled pile of old dock debris. The barges dwarfed the tug “Cayou,” a 73-year-old
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The lutefisk slander has to stop
Oct 07, 2024Remembering the halcyon days when one could get lutefisk whenever one wanted in Gig Harbor.
Man throws punches at Gig Harbor officer, delivery driver following road rage incident
Oct 04, 2024Gig Harbor police fought with a 44-year-old local man in a retail parking lot in Gig Harbor North following a road rage incident on Sept. 20. Police cited him for three counts of fourth-degree assault. The incident began when a 66-year-old delivery van driver backed out of a driveway in a nearby residential neighborhood. She
Local man helping auction relics from Western Flyer, a boat famously connected to Steinbeck
Oct 03, 2024How much would you pay to own one-of-a-kind pieces of fishing, environmental, scientific and literary history? Could you be an “angel?” Those are questions inspired by a Wauna man’s quest. Michael Hemp, a vibrant, engaging and consistently curious 81-year-old whose business card lists him as “Historian, Heritage Marketing & Communications Consultant, Researcher, Archivist, Lecturer, Novelist,”