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With the 2024 Maritime Gig Festival on tap this weekend, the Skansie Netshed is all dressed up — but it’s no place to go. Normally abuzz with visitors’ activity during the the annual fest, workers have garbed the historic shed in white vinyl tarps draped over skeletal scaffolding. It is closed to the public through
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Washington State Parks has confirmed that Kopachuck State Park will close for construction for more than a year on Monday, June 3. There had been uncertainty after bids exceeded available funding. State Parks’ engineers estimated the base cost at $7.1 million. The state Legislature appropriated $6.6 million. Pease Construction of Lakewood submitted the lowest bid
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The Gig Harbor girls 4×400 relay team pulled off one of the biggest upsets at Star Track, the state track and field championships, at Mount Tahoma High School on May 25. The team of lead-off runner Danica Olsen, Kate Jones, Lejla Carlsson and anchor Maura Lenzi scorched the track to win the Class 3A state
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In one of its shortest meetings in memory — less than 24 minutes — the Gig Harbor City Council approved a property management plan for the txwaalqet Conservation Area on Tuesday, May 28. txwaalqet Conservation Area The property management plan allows passive recreational uses of the conservation area. Those include walking and wildlife viewing, creation
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The attempted copper thefts occurred near the district’s main office in Purdy; the wires involved actually had no copper.
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A driver shortage will continue to limit Pierce Transit trolley service, but the streetcar-looking buses will be available for the farmer’s market and weekend tourists.
Read More about Gig Harbor trolley running Thursdays, Saturdays again
Sequim is more than just a rain shadow and that sweet-smelling plant. It offers history, hiking and more just a few hours’ drive away.
Read More about Day Tripper | Stop and smell the lavender in Sequim
Collar of Hope, a nonprofit based in Olalla, finds homes for dogs (and other animals) in need of them for any reason.
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The ban only applies to land clearing and burning of yard debris, not small recreational fires.
Read More about Burn ban begins Saturday in unincorporated Pierce County
The 2024 Maritime Gig Festival is Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, in Gig Harbor. Here’s what you need to know.
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