Halloween Happenings | Trick or treats, harvest festivals and more options for spooky fun
Oct 21, 2024The Halloween season brings trick-or-treat events downtown and at Uptown, the Witches Brew, Jack-o-Lantern Jubilee and much more.
Work begins on Gig Harbor Fire’s training center as Fox Island, Crescent Valley projects near completion
Oct 09, 2024Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One reached a milestone on Tuesday, Oct. 8, when it ceremonially broke ground on construction of a new live-fire training center. Another milestone is just around the corner. The department expects renovation work on two of its fire stations — Station 53 on Fox Island and Station 57 on Crescent
Film festival headliner shines spotlight on a good coach who was also a good person
Sep 23, 2024When a friend pitched him the idea of making a movie about former University of Washington football coach Don James, Kent Loomer was skeptical. He didn’t want to make a football movie. Nor did he want to make what he called a “puff piece.” But Mike Martin, a longtime friend and big-time Husky football fan,
Westbound Narrows Bridge lane closures coming next week — but not during the afternoon commute
Sep 20, 2024The Washington State Department of Transportation plans to close two westbound lanes on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge during daytime hours next week. But don’t worry. The department promises to have all lanes open in time for the afternoon commute. WSDOT will conduct what it called a “routine inspection” of the elder of the two Narrows
Harbor History Museum working on repairs to Our Fisherman, Our Guardian
Sep 19, 2024Sculpture repairs could be wrapped up soon, after which the city can reinstall the canoe onto the sculpture at Austin Park at txʷaalqəł Estuary.
Gig Harbor rallies past Peninsula in Fish Bowl
Sep 07, 2024Just like last year, Gig Harbor rallied in the second half behind a backup quarterback to secure a Fish Bowl win. Unlike last year, the 2024 Fish Bowl game featured no near-fights, gruesome injuries or obvious controversies between the two rival schools. Gig Harbor scored twice in a minute-long span of the fourth quarter to
Prosecutors charge security guard at TCC-Gig Harbor with theft, forgery
Sep 05, 2024Pierce County prosecutors charged a security guard at the Gig Harbor campus of Tacoma Community College with theft and forgery, alleging that she deposited $63,000 worth of fraudulent checks into her own bank accounts. The 10 checks drew from an Umpqua Bank account belonging to the Tacoma Community College Foundation, according to documents filed in
Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Fake 911 call helps man with arrest warrants evade police
Sep 05, 2024Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Someone called 911 around 7:45 p.m. Aug. 28 to report a scary kidnapping outside the YMCA on Harbor Hill Drive. Officers concluded that the kidnapping never happened, and that someone made the 911 call
Fans may feel like they’re in a Fish Bowl at this week’s game
Sep 03, 2024The Peninsula School District released a list of do’s and don’t’s for fans planning to attend the 2024 Fish Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 7. The annual Fish Bowl game between Peninsula and Gig Harbor kicks off at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Tahoma Stadium, 4634 S. 74th St. in Tacoma. It’s the season opener for
Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund joins Great Peninsula Conservancy
Aug 28, 2024The Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula Land Conservation Fund raised more than $100,000 and helped to preserve some 30 acres in the area in less than three years since it was founded. Now it’s joining a larger regional conservancy group, hoping to do even more while maintaining a focus on the Gig Harbor and Key