Man who shot Safeway shopper convicted of assault
Mar 27, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffPatrick Michael Lathrop shot a shopper who was leaving the Gig Harbor Safeway store after a misunderstanding over shoplifting led to a fight.
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Peninsula School District to eliminate 40 non-teaching positions
Mar 24, 2023 | By: Christina T HenryThe Peninsula School Board on Thursday approved a plan to cut $12 million from next school year’s budget by eliminating 40 staff positions, none of them teachers. The district needs to make the cuts, Chief Financial Officer Ashley Murphy said, because of lower enrollment coupled with the end of pandemic aid. School districts around the
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Sports Beat: Gig Harbor leads league, Peninsula in second
Mar 24, 2023 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Gig Harbor boys soccer team reeled off five straight wins to start the season, including a crucial 2-1 victory over South Sound Conference power Central Kitsap on Thursday, March 23. The Tides (5-0, 3-0 SSC) also own wins over Class 4A teams South Kitsap and Gonzaga Prep, by identical 3-1 scores. In the important
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Man in ‘manic state’ hits people outside library
Mar 24, 2023 | By: Vince DiceEditor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A 26-year-old Gig Harbor man, who appeared to be experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis, slapped or hit several people outside the Gig Harbor Library on Point Fosdick Drive on the afternoon of March 19. Officers responding
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Two in Tow & On the Go: Megalodon at Point Defiance, a PNW tradition
Mar 24, 2023 | By: Tonya StricklandLast year, Clara, Wyatt, and I stumbled upon a much-loved tradition that locals have been carrying out for decades.
And now that we know, it’s one we’re adopting forever.
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State Patrol asks for help in ID’ing people involved in Highway 16 crash
Mar 23, 2023 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffWashington State Patrol detectives are asking for help in identifying a man who fled the scene of a collision Wednesday, March 22, on Highway 16 near Highway 302 — or his girlfriend. The collision closed Highway 16 from about 1 p.m. until about 7 p.m. Wednesday. A 73-year-old Gig Harbor woman suffered serious injuries, according
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Captain Seahawk slashes lunch debt at Peninsula High School
Mar 23, 2023 | By: Christina T HenryThe $6,000 donation was one of several items deemed routine business. The gift “to pay off delinquent lunch accounts” at Peninsula High School was accepted without discussion or debate as part of the Peninsula School Board’s Feb. 9 consent agenda. The donor was none other than “Captain Seahawk,” a Gig Harbor resident who raises money
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Westbound Highway 16 closed while police search for crash suspect
Mar 22, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichA wrong-way driver hit a car head-on near the Pierce-Kitsap county line and fled into the woods.
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Gig Harbor’s Wurlitzer Manor hits all the right notes
Mar 22, 2023 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonFrom the street, there’s no clue of what lies behind the wall of evergreens. Even from the water, the only unusual thing visible is the multi-level deck that spans the building. But pass through the gate, enter the home’s spacious foyer and step down into the living room and you suddenly understand that — as
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Pierce County asking public to weigh in on flood plan
Mar 22, 2023 | By: Ed FriedrichGig Harbor and Key Peninsula residents might be interested in coastal flooding that will be included for the first time in the new plan.
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