With time to kill during the Covid-19 lockdown, Anna Daetwiler listened to a lot of podcasts. Now she has her own. Daetwiler, a senior at Gig Harbor High School, recently launched the Honestly Noted podcast, featuring teen-centric topics and interviews with her contemporaries. It’s available on YouTube, Instagram and elsewhere. The goal is to represent a
A 34-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault after her 3-year-old son was ejected from a vehicle in a collision on East Bay Drive late Sunday night, according to a Pierce County Sheriff’s Office report. The woman told deputies she was returning home from a Super Bowl party and didn’t remember how the
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Officers arrested a 54-year-old Tacoma man suspected of passing off several counterfeit $100 bills on Feb. 4. The suspect used what officers said were “obvious” counterfeit bills to buy beauty products, cigarettes and other items at several stores in
Peninsula School District will bar spectators from a girls basketball game between Gig Harbor and Peninsula high schools on Friday, Feb. 10. The district announced the restriction in a news release sent the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 9. Alleged racist comment The restriction is related to alleged racist comments by a Gig Harbor player toward
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Gig Harbor police made several arrests and recovered hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise during an anti-shoplifting operation on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27 at stores off Borgen Boulevard. Police reports indicate that the operation involved officers from the
Pierce County and Comcast recently announced an agreement to expand access to high-speed Internet to part of the Key Peninsula. The county will contribute $3.75 million to the $5 million project to improve service to an estimated 526 homes and businesses. The public money comes from federal funding provided through the American Rescue Plan Act
Anyone would enjoy wandering on the trails Paul Spadoni carved out on his family’s 12-acre property off Ray Nash Drive near Rosedale. But few enjoy it more than the Very Good Boys and Girls who go there to hang out for hourlong play dates. Spadoni’s property is a rent-able private dog park through SniffSpot, a
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Gig Harbor officers seized a variety of illegal drugs from a car parked in an apartment complex on Soundview Drive early on the morning of Jan. 22. Officers said the department had received numerous reports of possible drug activity
The Gig Harbor Police Department announced that it arrested a suspect in a string of burglaries at occupied homes in Gig Harbor North. The three burglaries occurred Nov. 29. They were highly unusual in that the crimes occurred in occupied homes. The suspects stole wallets, purses and credit cards. A social media post from the
Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A 56-year-old Port Orchard woman ended up in the hospital on Jan. 7 after, according to a report from officers, she head-butted the cage separating the rear from the front seat of an officer’s patrol vehicle. Officers contacted the
