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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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The former Peninsula School Board member will serve in 2025, but would have to run again the next two falls to retain the seat.
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A Pierce County family with Gig Harbor connections is descended from one of the last people to hear Amelia Earhart’s voice on the radio.
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More condos were for sale in November than at any time since summer 2018. Meanwhile, demand for single-family homes continues to rise.
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A merger that would have forced the sale of two Gig Harbor grocery stores imploded this week, when Albertsons backed out of its agreement with Kroger. Albertsons, which owns Safeway, also filed a lawsuit against Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer, early on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Those moves came a day after two judges separately blocked
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The Tides defeated Capital, 71-53, and North Thurston, 49-42, in their first two boys basketball games in the Puget Sound League Narrows Division.
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Capping more than two years of intensive public process, the Pierce County Council last week passed an update to the Pierce County Comprehensive Plan. The broad-scoped document directs growth and development in unincorporated areas of the county over the next 20 years. The updated plan now awaits County Executive Bruce Dammeier’s signature. Under Washington’s Growth
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The Holiday Village, with six Christmas scenes for photos, is now open at Donkey Creek Park in Gig Harbor.
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The Allied Healthcare Academy is an attempt to fill employee vacancies by training people who have struggled to access the field, including people who are neurodivergent.
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