Photos | Olalla Americana Music Festival
Aug 19, 2024Photos by Ronan Lynch from the Olalla Americana Music Festival, held Saturday, Aug. 17 at the South Kitsap Southern Little League field. Click on any image below to see the photos as a gallery.
Lane closures this week on Highway 16, Fox Island Bridge
Aug 19, 2024Maintenance and road work will disrupt drivers in at least three locations around Gig Harbor the week of Aug. 19. They include: Highway 16 in Purdy Beginning the evening of Monday, Aug. 19, work on a new bridge carrying Highway 16 over Purdy Creek will force overnight lane closures. The lane closures will allow trucks
Wildfire burning on Olympic Peninsula, but air quality is still OK here
Aug 15, 2024Air quality remains good in the Gig Harbor area, but that could change quickly with a 150-acre wildfire burning on the Olympic Peninsula. A fire near Brinnon in Jefferson County started at about 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14. A statement from the state Fire Marshal’s Office distributed around 3 p.m. Thursday said the fire is
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Park, church and more now stand at former railroad crossings
Aug 12, 2024Our last question of local history concerned one of the several Peninsula logging railroads of the early 20th century. With the continuing development of the Peninsula, more of the old logging railroad grades are being destroyed nearly every year, leaving the remaining ones harder to find. But we know they crossed a number of state
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Prices, inventory are up … but the latter could change with falling interest rates
Aug 08, 2024The greater Gig Harbor area between the Purdy and Narrows Bridges, including Fox Island, saw an increase in both home prices and inventory in July, according to recent data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS). The median home price for a single-family home reached $891,000 in July, marking a 0.7% increase from June and
No positions change after Wednesday vote count
Aug 07, 2024There remains a large gap for third-place candidates in local races to erase to reach the Nov. 5 general election.
Historic Olalla Bible Church needs thousands in repairs, faces uncertain future
Aug 01, 2024The Olalla Bible Church has been a prominent staple of the community for over a century, but an estimated $130,000 in repairs threatens its future. Pastor Dave Campbell said the congregation discovered the damages while replacing the chimney. “When they took that down, behind the chimney at the bottom there was a spot, probably two
Day Tripper | Mermaids, the sea, and a tree
Jul 31, 2024I live I the Pacific Northwest for a reason. Well, truthfully, for many reasons, but one of the primary reasons I love Western Washington is because I really dislike hot weather. So, on a recent weekday, when all the weather prognosticators were predicting temperatures approaching the century mark, I decided to escape for a day.
The book on candidates in the upcoming primary election
Jul 31, 2024It’s that time of year when responsible journalists, such those who labor for Gig Harbor Now, offer the electorate some earnest and well-intentioned advice. VOTE! Done. But, for pure entertainment value, we suggest this first. READ A BOOK! There’s nothing like a book, particularly a 112-pager printed on cheap newsprint and delivered (at taxpayer expense)
Former Tides quarterback Davis Alexander on the rise with CFL’s Montreal Alouettes
Jul 29, 2024With his sputtering Montreal Alouettes trailing the Saskatchewan Roughriders 16-3 at halftime of last Thursday’s Canadian Football League game, head coach Jason Maas went to his gut. He also went to reserve quarterback Davis Alexander. The story in the Montreal Gazette the next day declared “A star was born.” That’s what happens when you complete