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The Gig Harbor City Council voted unanimously to reinstate online public comment on Monday, Jan. 22. The council previously suspended commenting by people attending meetings via Zoom in December, after learning of obscene and racist comments submitted in other cities. The council also moved the period allotted for public comment on non-agenda items to later
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Vandals broke a canoe off the Our Fisherman, Our Guardian carved statue at Austin Park at txʷaalqəł Estuary late Monday or early Tuesday, Jan. 22 or 23. The city of Gig Harbor believes the damage occurred when someone tried to climb on the statue, carved by renowned artist and Quinault Tribal Chairman Guy Capoeman and
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The interlocal agreement would have shared $472,000 with the local parks district for 2023, plus more going forward.
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Billy Sehmel, who grew at the site of what’s now PenMet’s Sehmel Homestead Park, becomes a park district commissioner like father Bill Sr. before him.
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The state Legislature convened on Monday, Jan. 8, to begin a 60-day session scheduled to end March 7. Among the chief tasks lawmakers must complete in the next two months is passing a supplemental budget. Washington operates under a two-year budget cycle, approving the overall spending plan in odd-numbered years and adjusting it in even-numbered
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Sen. Emily Randall and Reps. Michelle Caldier and Spencer Hutchins spoke during the annual legislative sendoff at TCC-Gig Harbor.
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Editor’s note: Before publishing this story, Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance executive director Carrianne Ekberg told Gig Harbor Now that plans for a downtown playground are “on hold.” Soundview Park is also no longer the preferred location for a downtown playground. Images previously presented with this article, which were included in information provided to the
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The state Transportation Improvement Board awarded $1.1 million to help fund a stoplight at Wagner Way and Wollochet Drive, and is contributing $1.5 million to a shared-use path along Burnham Drive.
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An independent investigation released this week by the chief clerk of the state House of Representatives alleged that state Rep. Michelle Caldier, R-Gig Harbor, violated the body’s policies on abusive behavior and bullying. The investigation was conducted by attorney Sheryl J. Willert of the law firm of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs. The chief clerk’s office
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Council meetings in other Pierce County towns had been subjected to racist, antisemitic, phoned-in comments.
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