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Members of the Gig Harbor High School speech and debate team are competing in person this year for the first time since the pandemic. During the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, they debated virtually. For the first of those years, they were completely at home. It was a daunting challenge in a competition centered on interpersonal
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Two Gig Harbor-area ballot drop boxes are moving to new locations ahead of the Feb. 14 Peninsula School District levy request. The downtown Gig Harbor drop box will now be at the Civic Center, 3510 Grandview St. It previously was at Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One Station 51 on Kimball Drive. The Purdy drop
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Chuck Hunter’s legacy from his tenure as mayor of Gig Harbor is visible just about everywhere one looks in the city. His term in office, from 2006 to 2014, saw the opening of St. Anthony Hospital (2009), the Tom Taylor Family YMCA (2007), and the Uptown Gig Harbor shopping complex (2008). The city acquired the
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Peninsula School District has launched an investigation into claims of racist comments made at a Jan. 11 girls basketball game between Peninsula High School and Gig Harbor High School. The district on Wednesday, Jan. 18, hired an independent third party to investigate allegations that a Gig Harbor player used a racial slur against a member
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Editor’s note: Today, we begin an occasional feature in which Molly Martin, a 10-year-old Purdy Elementary School fifth grader, interviews local high school athletes. Molly offered to do these Q&A’s because she is very interested in Gig Harbor and Peninsula high school sports. Today, she starts with an interview with Peninsula girls basketball player Brooke
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There’s definitely something in the water. Gig Harbor’s swimming team remain undefeated in the South Sound Conference (5-0) after winning 10 of 12 events to overwhelm North Thurston last week, 118-62. Then also won the Jan. 14 Swimvitational meet at Olympic High School in East Bremerton. The Tides won nine of the 11 Swimvitational events
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The extreme low atmospheric pressure that combined with last month’s high tides to push seawater onto shore won’t likely be present this time around.
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Julie Martin, newly appointed to the Gig Harbor City Council, isn’t fazed by having to dive into big issues her first day on the job. She has an extensive background — more than 35 years — much of it in the public sector. Martin was appointed to the council to fill the seat vacated when
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The day the barred owl arrived, children at Curious by Nature outdoor preschool watched in rapt attention, listening quietly. Back in the classroom, their questions and speculation about the mysterious visitor came spilling out. Head teacher Deborah Toney used the conversation as a springboard for learning that encompassed math, literacy, science and, most importantly, wonder.
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The popular destination 21 miles from Gig Harbor is getting a new sewage system.
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