Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A suspect in a domestic dispute at a home off 46th Avenue twice discharged a Taser at officers on the evening of Nov. 26, according to Gig Harbor Police reports. The Taser fell from an officer’s holster while law
PlanLED, which recently moved its headquarters and opened a showroom in Gig Harbor, has installed lights in some of the most iconic buildings in the country. Yankee Stadium in New York. Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Seattle’s T-Mobile Park (neé Safeco Field) and Portland’s Moda Center. What the company wants to do now is
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A Silver Ford Mustang fleeing from Gig Harbor police ended up driving the wrong way on Highway 16 early on the morning of Nov. 6. An officer spotted the Mustang, which officers were looking for in association with two
Republican Spencer Hutchins now has a narrow lead in the race for a seat in the state House representing the 26th Legislative District. The most recent ballot totals posted by the state Secretary of State’s Office show Hutchins leading Democrat Adison Richards by 260 votes out of 69,022 votes counted. Hutchins has 50.49 percent of
This week, we told you about the results of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, gave you a heads-up about a ceremony honoring veterans and featured a popular local restaurant re-opening at a new location. We covered Peninsula School District’s plans to put two levies before voters next year. We covered both local high school football
Democrat Robyn Denson will be the next Pierce County Council member representing the Gig Harbor area, while incumbent Democrat Emily Randall leads Republican Jesse Young in the closely-watched 26th Legislative District Senate race. Preliminary results of the 2022 general election were released the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 8. But thousands of ballots remain to be
Marketplace Grill is back, with the same menu and same friendly owners, but in a very different space. The Finholm District institution closed in September 2021, after more than 20 years at 8805 North Harborview Drive. Owners Richard and Carlene Lai Fook promised to reopen in a new spot, and they proved true to their
Tracie Markley, the mayor of Gig Harbor, filed a complaint with the state Public Disclosure Commission about campaign literature the state Republican Party sent to voters in the 26th Legislative District. The party sent the campaign mailers in support of state Senate candidate Rep. Jesse Young of Gig Harbor. The mailers quoted Markley as saying
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. An apparently intoxicated man, trying to get away after shoplifting at a store on Borgen Boulevard, rammed a Gig Harbor Police car on Oct. 30. An officer patrolling the parking lot noticed the vehicle, a Dodge Durango, because it
Russ Leno, a master carver of giant pumpkins, made his annual appearance at Gig Harbor Uptown on Halloween to turn a vegetable into a work of art.
