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Apr 25, 2025Readers who took our survey in March mostly said they like what we do. They also asked for more business coverage, investigative reporting and multimedia content.
Readers who took our survey in March mostly said they like what we do. They also asked for more business coverage, investigative reporting and multimedia content.
Pierce County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Lars Eugene Nelson, 29, with fatally shooting his girlfriend at a home on Fox Island on Sunday, April 20. Prosecutors charged Nelson with second degree murder in Pierce County Superior Court. Charging documents indicate the 27-year-old woman, who is identified only by initials, died of multiple gunshot wounds to the
The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Oliverio Huitron-Rosalez as one of the two people found dead following an April 8 fire on 14th Avenue NW near Gig Harbor. Huitron-Rosalez was 64 years old. The Medical Examiner’s office listed cause and manner of death as “pending.” It is not clear from the Medical Examiner’s brief
Investigators specifically want footage from between 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. on the night of Tuesday, April 8, on 14th Avenue NW and 160th Street SE.
At least one of the victims did not die as a result of the fire or by natural causes, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said.
A Tacoma man racked up more than $52,000 of purchases using fuel cards stolen from city of Gig Harbor-owned vehicles.
Hundreds of people lined Point Fosdick and Olympic drives on Saturday, April 5, for a Hands Off demonstration against the Trump administration. The Gig Harbor protest was one of hundreds across the country on Saturday. Local organizers from Indivisible Gig Harbor and other organizations called it the largest political protest in Gig Harbor history. Protesters
Also this week: A “very nice” 1990s Honda Civic and theft of a tip jar.
Invitation Bookshop is moving to Judson Street, while a nearby craft beer tasting room has a new owner and a new look. Invitation is still open in the Uptown neighborhood, but owner Allyson Howard hopes to complete the move to 3119 Judson Street by next month. Meanwhile, Matt Burnett recently purchased the former Gig Harbor
One person described the sound as the equivalent of 10 to 15 M80s fireworks going off at once.