Community

Gig Harbor Now reporters cover community events and efforts that benefit and entertain the community.

Navy hospital in Bremerton transfers patients to civilian health system

Feb 18, 2025 | By:

The hospital’s Internal Medicine Clinic had just one physician for 2,200 patients. Transferring them to civilian care will further stress an already overburdened system.

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International research center to work with Pierce County on combatting opioid addiction

Feb 17, 2025 | By:

J-PAL North America will help Pierce County test a mobile opioid outreach program and study how long addicts should remain in rehab centers.

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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor boys open district play with double-overtime win

Feb 14, 2025 | By:

The Gig Harbor girls, meanwhile, fall in the first round and face a loser-out game on Saturday.

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One man’s private war against Scotch broom and blackberries

Feb 14, 2025 | By: Chapin Day

Spring is on the horizon. Soon the author will venture into his yard to fight the eternal enemy.

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Western Flyer relics draw no bids at auction

Feb 14, 2025 | By: Chapin Day

A Wauna man acted as agent for the sale of the items. Their fate is unknown after no bidders emerged at an auction Thursday.

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Driver offered a homemade license during traffic stop

Feb 13, 2025 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Gig Harbor Police cited a 52-year-old man for obstructing an investigation after he refused to answer questions or exit his vehicle on the morning of Feb. 8. An officer spotted the man driving on Kimball

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Volunteers gather to count the peninsula’s hard-to-find homeless population

Feb 13, 2025 | By:

Getting a reliable count of people experiencing homelessness is difficult anywhere. On the Gig Harbor-Key Peninsula, it is even more arduous.

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City complies with legislation setting guidelines for processing building permits

Feb 13, 2025 | By:

The new law requires the city to process certain permit applications within established timeframes — but some issues can “stop the clock.”

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Gig Harbor astrophotography students capture stunning images of deep-space nebula 

Feb 12, 2025 | By:

Students in Eric Wolgemuth’s astrophysics class spent hours this past semester in the parking lot of Gig Harbor High School training a powerful telescope on objects thousands of light years away. Using an array of sophisticated equipment and software, they produced stunning images of deep-space nebula. Their image of the North American Nebula, which is

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Rick Bleiweiss still rocking and writing after move to Heron’s Key

Feb 12, 2025 | By:

The new Gig Harbor resident spent a career being creative in the music and publishing industries. He’s not stopping now.

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