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Gig Harbor is requesting $2 million from the state capital budget this session, but local legislators aren’t optimistic they can get it.
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One Gig Harbor business owner says at-home tests have helped his company stay viable.
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People presented about a dozen comments and questions during a 20-minute virtual meeting on Tuesday night.
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Sarah Stancikas and Heather Maher, co-founders of Swim Safe Gig Harbor, presented their vision for a public aquatic center to the Gig Harbor City Council during its meeting Monday. “Swimming is an essential life skill,” Maher told the Council. “Currently there is no public swimming pool in Gig Harbor. Swimming lessons are incredibly hard to
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Pierce County officials believe that an upcoming Kopachuck Park renovation will generate more traffic on their roads.
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Derek Young was reelected by his peers as Pierce County Council chairman for 2022 at Tuesday’s regular meeting, the first of the year. This will be the final year on the Council for Young, D-Gig Harbor, who was elected in 2015 and reelected in 2019. Term limits prevent him from running again. Marty Campbell, D-East
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With four out of the seven council members being new, it’s believed they would be better served and serve better by meeting as a whole.
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A person will be appointed to serve through November 2023, completing the term of Tracie Markley, who is leaving to become the city’s mayor.
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No decision was reached after a 10-hour Kitsap County hearing Thursday on the status of Olalla Valley Vineyard and Winery‘s conditional use permit (CUP). The 5.87-acre winery, owned and operated by Stuart Chisholm and Mary Ellen Houston, is zoned Rural Protection (RP), which permits agriculture-related uses and agritourism. The permit was issued in April 2017,
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The Department of Natural Resources will oversee the aquatic lands and lease, State Parks will manage the uplands and a boating association will renovate, maintain and operate the marina.
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