PenMet expanding Fox Island sandspit park
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichTwo purchased parcels will add 3.6 acres and 265 feet of shoreline. The board also approved final design for a shoreline restoration.
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Legislation proposes a redesign of Washington’s state flag
Feb 19, 2025 | By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardThe bill’s Democratic sponsor says the current state flag is just … boring. Republican opponents say the proposal is ‘un-American.’
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City complies with legislation setting guidelines for processing building permits
Feb 13, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe new law requires the city to process certain permit applications within established timeframes — but some issues can “stop the clock.”
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Bill would make it easier for corrections officers to be covered for PTSD
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonCorrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
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Krishnadasan’s agenda in Olympia includes making it easier to pass school bonds
Feb 03, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonNew state Sen. Deb Krishnadasan, a Democrat from Gig Harbor, wants to change the requirement for bond passage to 55%, instead of 60%.
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Emily Stone sworn in as newest member of Gig Harbor City Council
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonStone, 31, is a senior policy advisor at the state Department of Commerce with deep roots in the Gig Harbor area.
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Park project adding mountain bike trails at McCormick Forest creates stir
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichPenMet Parks plans to improve existing multi-use paths surrounding Rotary Dog Park and McCormick Forest Park and add mountain bike trails.
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Krishnadasan, other first-year lawmakers finding their way around Olympia
Jan 23, 2025 | By: Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State StandardThe Gig Harbor Democrat, in her first year in the Senate, says she is adjusting to the whirlwind nature of serving in the Legislature.
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Supply chain delay suspends Wagner Way traffic signal project
Jan 20, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichThe city expects to resume the Wollochet Drive-Wagner Way project when signal components and streetlight poles arrive in the spring.
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Seven organizations get 2025 lodging tax grants from city
Jan 16, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonLodging tax funds must go to organizations that promote tourism. Here are the local organizations getting grants in 2025.
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