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Peninsula School District on Monday issued a statement acknowledging that a Gig Harbor High School student in the stands at a Dec. 13 boys varsity basketball game against Lincoln High School was removed from the game after making a “racially charged reference” to a Lincoln player on the court. “This behavior is unacceptable, does not
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The Key Peninsula resident and labor organizer murdered his mistress near Horseshoe Lake on Christmas Eve 1941.
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The Lighted Boat Parade delighted the hundreds who crowded the Gig Harbor waterfront on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.
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Meanwhile, the Peninsula boys win via tiebreaker thanks to coach Garry Griffin’s knowledge of the rule book.
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Reid Ekberg follows in the footsteps of his father, Steve, a longtime Gig Harbor City Council member.
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Filkins, who coached the Seahawks to more than 180 wins, will remain Peninsula’s athletic director and a teacher at the school.
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WSDOT needs to repair another expansion joint, forcing lane closures on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15.
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Wendy Walsh thanks several strangers at the Gig Harbor Post Office who were extraordinarily kind to her grandson.
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Gig Harbor took a step toward implementing a business and occupation (B&O) tax on Monday, Dec. 9. The City Council unanimously approved a $23,200 contract with BERK Consulting to review a B&O analysis prepared by city staff earlier this year. BERK’s review will focus on the methods city staff used to collect data and compare
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Patterson’s, evicted from its longtime home in 2022, is back for a second year at Anderson’s General Store.
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