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Pilot, plane disappear after departing Gig Harbor airport

Mar 10, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

The Tacoma man departed Monday evening and headed out over the Key Peninsula before contact was lost.

Sports Beat: 12 earn basketball all-conference honors

Mar 10, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

Twelve local players earned All-South Sound Conference recognition for the 2022-23 season. Honored were: Boys Basketball First Team All-South Sound Conference Luke Browne, Gig Harbor, senior (fourth all-conference selection, including three at Gig Harbor and one at Peninsula). Will Landram, Gig Harbor, senior (second all-conference selection) Second Team All-South Sound Conference Isaiah Brown, Peninsula, junior

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: HIPAA cited in refusal to say where drugs came from

Mar 10, 2023 | By: Vince Dice

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. St. Anthony Hospital asked police to collect drugs found on a patient on March 8, but refused to tell officers from whom they took the contraband. Hospital employees told officers that the facility’s policy on the Health Insurance Portability

Two in Tow & On the Go: Getting out of the house

Mar 09, 2023 | By: Tonya Strickland

Now that we’re on my fifth column here at everyone’s favorite news site, you know a little more about the kids and me. Like how I’m a sucker for a historical throwback, Clara and Wyatt are officially willing to forgo swings for forests, and that we’re never too old for a fenced-in playground. But how about I take it one step further?

In addition to lead contamination, high concentrations of PCBs have also been found near the Donkey Creek delta.

New data, new progress on Donkey Creek contamination

Mar 09, 2023 | By: David Armstrong

The slow-rolling saga of Gig Harbor’s attempts to find, measure and cleanse toxic chemicals from its streams and harbor waters is picking up velocity, albeit at a stately pace. The Washington state Department of Ecology and the Gig Harbor Sportsman’s Club have resumed work on a lead pollution clean-up plan after Ecology named environmental engineer

Former Gig Harbor star Jarzynka dies on Olympic Peninsula fishing trip

Mar 08, 2023 | By: Dennis Browne

Joe Jarzynka, who starred on the football field for Gig Harbor High School and the University of Washington, died while fishing on the Sol Duc River near Forks on Sunday, March 5. According to multiple reports, Jarzynka was found unresponsive on the banks of the Sol Duc. Searchers found his one-man pontoon boat wedged in a

Suspect in Olalla homicides sentenced to more than 66 years in prison

Mar 08, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Shaun David Rose pleaded guilty to killing two people at an Olalla home last summer and was sentenced to more than 66 years in prison. Rose, 40, received the sentence Wednesday, March 8, in exchange for pleading guilty in an agreement with Kitsap County prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder

Wellness Wednesday: Healthy nutrition habits while busy

Mar 08, 2023 | By: Scot Fleshman

The Wellness Wednesday column is written by Scot Fleshman, an advanced registered nurse practitioner and board-certified family nurse practitioner. Fleshman and his wife, Jessica Hopkins, own Gig Harbor Primary Care. March is National Nutrition Month! We know how challenging it can be to prioritize your own health and wellness when you’re on the go and providing

Gig Harbor man impresses at World’s Strongest Firefighter competition

Mar 08, 2023 | By: Ed Friedrich

If you should ever need to be carried out of a burning building, Zack Hash would be a strong candidate. The Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One firefighter placed seventh Saturday, March 4, in the World’s Strongest Firefighter competition as part of the 2023 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Hash, 26, competed against 46

Harbor Happenings: It’s Restaurant Week(s)

Mar 07, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Fire up your appetite and head downtown. It’s Restaurant Week, and 13 downtown restaurants are celebrating with special prices on food and drinks. Restaurant Week (it’s actually two weeks, running March 6 through 19) is sponsored by the Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance to shine a culinary spotlight on some of the area’s best eating

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