Gig Harbor Now reporters provide information about where people can eat, shop and seek professional services, which businesses are opening or closing, and explain local trends and their relation to the national economy.
Capping more than two years of intensive public process, the Pierce County Council last week passed an update to the Pierce County Comprehensive Plan. The broad-scoped document directs growth and development in unincorporated areas of the county over the next 20 years. The updated plan now awaits County Executive Bruce Dammeier’s signature. Under Washington’s Growth
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The Allied Healthcare Academy is an attempt to fill employee vacancies by training people who have struggled to access the field, including people who are neurodivergent.
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The conditional use permit for Taylor Shellfish’s proposed geoduck farm in Burley Lagoon now goes before the state Department of Ecology for review.
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Curated owner Tiffany Brooks began her career as a personal shopper’s assistant for Nieman Marcus, but she always wanted a brick-and-mortar store.
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DOH alleges counselors there lacked sufficient education; the CEO of Rainier Recovery says the charges are unfounded.
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Gig Harbor’s Heritage Distilling now trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CASK.
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Pending sales in the Gig Harbor area hit their highest point in 19 months in October, despite the usual seasonal slowdown.
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Two plans unfolding in Purdy promise to help shape the unincorporated community’s future. Rush Companies is working to build a new subdivision of 130 homes, packed tightly on land bordering busy 144th Street. The developer has already spent thousands of dollars on permitting fees and applied with the city of Gig Harbor to extend sewer
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Gig Harbor Now, a Washington Nonprofit Corporation, gives notice of its annual meeting to be held at 8711 North Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, WA on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Kaiser Permanente plans to close its medical clinic in Gig Harbor next month. The health care company confirmed plans to permanently shutter the Gig Harbor clinic on Dec. 13. Clinics in Poulsbo and Ballard also will close. Kaiser cited a competitive market was behind the closures. “As the health care market changes rapidly, with increased
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