Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Note: In the next couple months, Gig Harbor Now will be on the water and covering the local fishing scene as anglers head out in search of the addictive strikes and heart-pounding battles that only sport fishing provides. Gig Harbor is filled with anglers who are very passionate, proven and persistent in their love for
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Projects to replace fish-blocking culverts for Little Minter and Purdy creeks will bring alternating traffic, detours and lane shifting to Highway 302, the Highway 302 spur and Highway 16.
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How long has Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One been waiting for its own training facility? Schematics for the building, included in the fire district’s capital facilities plan, are dated 2009. The district had saved up enough money to build the training facility back then. But the Great Recession of 2008-’09 struck. As public agency
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Preliminary investigations indicate that the three fires that took place in Gig Harbor between Friday, July 15, and Sunday, July 17, are not related. However, one of the fires has been deemed suspicious, according to Mike Halliday, public information specialist with Pierce County Emergency Management. A preliminary investigation by the Pierce County Fire Marshal’s Office
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The pandemic shutdown afforded many people an opportunity to develop or perfect new skills or pursue passion projects for which they otherwise may never have found time. The Local Makers of Gig Harbor group is helping its members turn those passions into home-based businesses. Now in its second year, Local Makers operates pop-up markets on
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When Jan Coen and a small group of friends got together in 1976 to brainstorm ways to help their less-fortunate neighbors, they couldn’t have imagined their efforts would lead to a spacious, inviting, 11,500-square-foot building stocked with food, clothing, small appliances and other items for people in need. On July 12, the ribbon was cut
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A fire heavily damaged two houses under construction near the corner of Hunt Street and 38th Avenue early Sunday, according to Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One social media posts. No injuries were reported. Investigators are currently trying to determine the cause of the fire. Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One has the Fire under
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A crowd of 50,000 turned out on July 15, 2007, to celebrate the amazing engineering feat despite their chagrin about paying tolls for the next 30 years to pay for it.
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Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One knocked down a fire on a boat at Peninsula Yacht Basin, 8913 N. Harborview Drive, early Friday, July 15. The fire was contained to a single boat — an 80-foot yacht — with a second boat sustaining damage, according to GHFMO social media posts. Nobody was injured. A jogger
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After a two-year absence, the Summer Art Festival returns to Judson Street in downtown Gig Harbor this weekend. Sponsored by the Peninsula Art League, the festival hosts more than 100 artists and craftspeople from throughout the Northwest. They will show and sell their paintings, yard art, photography, ceramics, glass, leather, wood and other offerings. Literature,
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