Gig Harbor voters soundly rejected a proposal to increase property taxes inside city limits. Preliminary vote totals released by the Pierce County Elections Office on Tuesday, April 23, show 69% (2,379 votes) against the proposed increase and 31% (1,069) in favor of it. The elections office will post updated vote totals at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Voters inside Gig Harbor will decide Tuesday, April 23, whether to increase their property taxes in order to fill a gap in the city government’s general fund. The Pierce County Auditors Office’s elections division will post preliminary results at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. The office will release updated totals through May 3, with certification May
Firefighters saved a home and RV on the 3600 block of Point Fosdick Drive after responding to reports of a fire in an outbuilding. Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One public information officer Tina Curran said firefighters found flames extending at least 25 feet in the air when they arrived at the property around 10
Pierce County Sheriff Office deputies arrested an Evergreen Elementary School teacher on suspicion of first-degree child molestation on April 18, according to a statement from the Peninsula School District. The teacher is in custody at the Pierce County Jail, the school district said. The district previously placed the teacher on administrative leave after learning about
Editor’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. Officers checking on a 31-year-old Federal Way woman in the parking lot of a department store on Point Fosdick Drive found a baby in the back seat of a car, covered up with blankets,
Charles H. Meacham joined the Marine Corps at age 17, when he was still in high school and needed his father’s permission to enlist. It was 1943, the height of World War II, when U.S. victory was far from certain. He left active duty two years later, having fought in several of the most pivotal
The typical rush-hour traffic snarl at Highway 16 and Wollochet Drive helped police catch a murder suspect on Tuesday, March 26. According to documents filed in Pierce County Superior Court, Apele Sone Tauanuu, 33, fled from Tacoma Police officers who spotted him in a black BMW around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday on South Stevens Street in
The popular Summer Sounds at Skansie concert series returns July 16. The concerts run from 6 to 8 p.m. on summer Tuesdays at Skansie Brothers Park in downtown Gig Harbor. The lineup includes: July 16: Wally & the Beaves, a seven-piece Pacific Northwest band playing hits from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Each member
Members of Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet have waited more than a decade for the city to build a Commercial Fishing Homeport, which has been part of the plan for Ancich Park since 2013. It looks like they will have to wait at least another year. Negotiations between the city and the National Marine Fisheries Service
Pierce County prosecutors charged a nurse practitioner formerly employed at a Gig Harbor medical facility with counts of assault, rape, violation of a no-contact order and witness tampering earlier this month. Prosecutors allege David B. Coots, 42, engaged in an intimate relationship with a patient, who became pregnant. Forced medication According to court documents, Coots
