Good For You: Students make deans lists, graduate
Feb 12, 202213 local students make deans lists around the country and three receive their degrees.
New museum exhibits feature little boats, racing roosters
Feb 10, 2022Boats from 14 inches to 14 feet are on display at Harbor History Museum, along with photographs and ephemera from Clarence Shaw’s racing roosters.
Gig Harbor seeking input on short-term rentals, help for homeless
Feb 06, 2022Comments about short-term rentals are due by Feb. 18. A public hearing on transitional housing, permanent supportive housing and emergency shelters will be held Feb. 17.
Tides boys storming into playoffs behind dynamic duo of Landram, Browne
Feb 05, 2022Dunking Will Landram, sharpshooting Luke Browne and a strong supporting cast have paced Gig Harbor to a 17-1 record.
City offers parks plan for review, seeks candidates for commissions
Jan 31, 2022The public will have two chances to comment on the city’s draft Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan; volunteers sought for board/commission slots
Call volumes continue to climb for Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One
Jan 27, 2022The fire district will likely ask the community to continue its levy lid lift that helps to fund EMS, and possibly make a bond request to update facilities.
BoatShop offering fishing crew school; Library seeking teen writing and art contest entries
Jan 25, 2022Crew school will run for six days in April. Contest entries are due by the end of February.
Good For You: Gig Harbor grad stars in PLU opera; Students make the grades
Jan 24, 2022Keast playing starring role in ‘Julius Caesar’ Arthur Keast, a 2018 Peninsula School District Student of Distinction in Music, will be performing the title role in Handel’s opera, “Julius Caesar,” on Jan. 27 and 29 at Pacific Lutheran University. Keast, the son of Paul and Rumi Keast of Gig Harbor, is a senior majoring in
Gig Harbor man sentenced to second prison term for tax fraud
Jan 18, 2022Jeffrey Zirkle, who had previously been sentenced to 28 months in prison for defrauding his electronic recycling business clients, charged as much as $480,000 in personal expenses on company credit cards.
Suspect chased and arrested after smashing into patrol car
Dec 20, 2021A police dog tracked down a 25-year-old Gig Harbor man after he bailed from his burning, stolen car and hid in a trailer.