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Food back in, events out at Olalla Bay Market

Mar 31, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

Kitsap County is allowing Olalla Bay Market to resume serving food and drinks while it seeks a restaurant permit, but says there’s no avenue to events returning.

City council asks planning commission to review proposed zoning change

Mar 28, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Gig Harbor City Council voted Monday to ask the city Planning Commission to review a proposal to change the land use designation for a 23-acre parcel west of Highway 16. A group called Henderson Burnham LLC requested the zoning change so the company can build an unspecified number of single-family homes on the site.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge tolling could creep into 2033

Mar 28, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

Three of the past four annual reports project that increasing insurance and operating costs could extend tolls a few months beyond their anticipated removal date.

Commercial fishing fleet still waiting for its homeport

Mar 25, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

Members of Gig Harbor’s fishing fleet have waited more than a decade for the city to build a Commercial Fishing Homeport, which has been part of the plan for Ancich Park since 2013. It looks like they will have to wait at least another year. Negotiations between the city and the National Marine Fisheries Service

Feasibility studies recommend contiguous recreation, senior, aquatics centers

Mar 21, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

PenMet also advanced a master plan for Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve to the final design phase.

38th Avenue looking north across 56th Street.

Gig Harbor plans $2 million roundabout at 56th Street and 38th Avenue

Mar 14, 2024 | By: Ted Kenney

Many people living near the junction of 56th Street NW and 38th Avenue NW, at the western edge of Gig Harbor city limits, have been there long enough to remember when it was a country crossroads. Traffic at this spot is not bad now. But when city officials look at the intersection in light of

Sisters Carmela and Rosemary Micheli share their concerns about tree loss and parking with consultant Eric Streeby.

Gig Harbor Council accepts feasibility study for Sports Complex Phases 2 and 3

Mar 13, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The Gig Harbor City Council moved a step toward making the Sports Complex a reality by accepting a feasibility study for its Phases 2 and 3 in a 5-1 vote on Monday, March 11. Council member Jeni Woock voted against adopting the study. Council member Roger Henderson was absent, while Mary Barber, Ben Coronado, Le

Salvagers beat bulldozers to native plants

Mar 11, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

Conservation enthusiasts dug up plants Saturday morning in a forest that will soon be cleared for a portion of the Gig Harbor Sports Complex. Phase 1B — which will include three bocce ball courts, six pickleball courts, two playgrounds, an event lawn with a covered stage, two picnic shelters and a restroom/concessions building — is