How the current site of Gig Harbor High School nearly became a cemetery
Mar 27, 2025A funeral home wanted to build a cemetery on Rosedale Street in the mid-1960s. The community organized to stop it.
Texas mystery-developer plans 31 houses next door to Gig Harbor High School
Mar 26, 2025The project is proposed for 39 acres on Rosedale Street, directly west of Gig Harbor High. Developers are asking to deviate from city rules on altering topography and on the required size of the vegetation buffer between the property and the high school.
Proposed new Gig Harbor comp plan doubles down on housing density
Mar 20, 2025The plan would increase density, thanks in part to a new state law requiring jurisdictions to accommodate housing for a variety of income levels.
Chris Sembroski, Gig Harbor’s civilian astronaut, chases dream of space flight for the masses
Mar 05, 2025Chris Sembroski of Gig Harbor has a better travel story than anyone you know: He went to space in 2021 on a SpaceX rocket.
Rush sues Gig Harbor for Purdy sewer extension, challenges Pierce County over re-zone
Mar 03, 2025Rush Companies is taking legal action on two fronts, attempting to maintain a higher density on property it owns in Purdy and access to urban services there.
New granite pavers honoring Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet are meant to stand the test of time
Jan 30, 2025“Written in stone” means something is permanent, indelible. Gig Harbor commercial fishermen hope they’ve captured that characteristic in new granite paver stones installed this winter at a plaza in Ancich Waterfront Park to honor the city’s fishing fleet. Each glossy 2-foot-square stone is engraved with the name of two Gig Harbor fishing boats — from
Ancich Dock project hits raw nerve: Is Gig Harbor a fishing town or yacht haven?
Jan 22, 2025A proposal to rebuild the historic Ancich Dock would remove creosote-soaked pilings and provide more light for marine habitat. But neighbors have concerns about whether it provides enough parking and whether the new marina would infringe on the future Commercial Fishing Homeport.
Rush applies to build triplexes in Purdy ahead of zoning change
Dec 23, 2024The company has filed an application for 30 triplexes near Peninsula High and Purdy Elementary, under current zoning regulations.
Updated Pierce County Comp Plan will affect Purdy, parks, zoning, STRs and more
Dec 10, 2024Capping more than two years of intensive public process, the Pierce County Council last week passed an update to the Pierce County Comprehensive Plan. The broad-scoped document directs growth and development in unincorporated areas of the county over the next 20 years. The updated plan now awaits County Executive Bruce Dammeier’s signature. Under Washington’s Growth
Hearing examiner approves permits for proposed Burley Lagoon geoduck farm
Nov 27, 2024The conditional use permit for Taylor Shellfish’s proposed geoduck farm in Burley Lagoon now goes before the state Department of Ecology for review.