Gig Harbor Real Estate | Pending sales surge despite rate hike
Nov 21, 2024Pending sales in the Gig Harbor area hit their highest point in 19 months in October, despite the usual seasonal slowdown.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Our next question will have you stumped
Nov 17, 2024The previous Gig Harbor Now and Then column asked a simple question about a newspaper article complaining about constant rule changes to the game of football: Box Office Causes New Football Rules That the football mentors change the rules each year with one — perhaps both — eyes on a lucrative box office is charged by
James Coolican, former Peninsula superintendent and Vietnam War hero, dies at age 85
Nov 05, 2024James J. Coolican, a former Peninsula School District superintendent and decorated Marine Corps colonel, died Oct. 25 at age 85. Coolican was superintendent at Peninsula from 1999 to 2006. Before the local post, he worked for Educational Services District No. 101 in Spokane from 1991 to 1997 and as deputy superintendent in the state Office
Gig Harbor Now and Then | STOP and read this yellow journalism
Nov 04, 2024Yellow, aluminum-alloy stop signs were the norm before 1954.
Day Tripper | On the Waterfront (part 1)
Oct 23, 2024Chances are, you’ve heard recent news reports about additions to the Seattle waterfront. There’s a new elevated park built into the hill about half-way between Pike Place Market and the Seattle Aquarium. Opened a couple of weeks ago to much fanfare, Overlook Park intrigued me. With a constant case of FOMO, I decided there was
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