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Gig Harbor’s sales tax will go up another penny on every $10 purchase starting Jan. 1, after the city council approved the increase and changes to how funds from the city’s Transportation Benefit District can be used. The new sales tax rate will be in effect for 10 years. The new tax is in addition
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The Boise State University football team has just cracked the nation’s top 25 college football rankings and features running back and Heisman Trophy candidate Ashton Jeanty, who is averaging a unbelievable 10.5 yards per carry. But even a running back as great as Jeanty depends on offensive lineman to block and provide space to run.
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The fall sports season has finally arrived and the Sports Beat is back to keep you in stride with the happenings of local high school athletes. The Gig Harbor Tides and Peninsula Seahawks have begun play in a new league. The old South Sound Conference merged with the former Piece County League to form the
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I admit it. I’m easily distracted. Staying focused is not my strong suit. Take last year, when I set out on a daytrip to Port Townsend to check out the place that’s reported to be one of the most haunted towns in the Pacific Northwest, if not the entire United States. Instead, I ended up
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Repurposing old, rusted metal into art that is both functional and decorative has been a hobby for Ray Swift since his high school days. Recently, Swift launched a business, Wingnut Metal Works, from his shop at his home on Raft Island. He learned to weld while working for a sculpture professor at Pacific Lutheran University
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Less than 20% of Washingtonians got an updated COVID vaccine last year, Washington Department of Health says.
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Reader warning: This article contains discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and self-harm. Heather Arneson is the artist behind LIVEeachmoment Art, a small, mental health-focused art business Arneson opened in 2020. Arneson has struggled with her mental health for more than 15 years, and this decade-and-a-half’s worth of personal experience informs her work. In
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South Kitsap County would be even more of a food desert if the merger and resulting divestment goes forward, commissioners warn.
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The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Cider Swig is Saturday in Tacoma while the first Pier Into the Night of the season is that evening.
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When a friend pitched him the idea of making a movie about former University of Washington football coach Don James, Kent Loomer was skeptical. He didn’t want to make a football movie. Nor did he want to make what he called a “puff piece.” But Mike Martin, a longtime friend and big-time Husky football fan,
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