The airshow will go on, though a bit belatedly
Apr 25, 2022 | By: Ed FriedrichWings & Wheels, normally held on the Fourth of July weekend at Tacoma Narrows Airport, has been bumped to Aug. 27-28.
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Peninsula High boys basketball coach Robles steps down
Apr 24, 2022 | By: Dennis BrowneMatt Robles, the head boys basketball coach at Peninsula High School since 2016, resigned the position on Friday. Robles was a head coach from California who was hired to build on the success of former Peninsula coach Jake Jackson. Jackson departed to take the coaching job at his alma mater, Sumner High, in 2016. Jackson
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2022 Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup: Dragon Boat Race photos
Apr 24, 2022 | By: Vince DiceThe 2022 Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup wrapped up Sunday with the always-popular Dragon Boat races. Several hundred people packed Skansie Brothers Park to either paddle or watch the event on one of the first days of spring that actually felt like spring. Participating teams included Poetic Peace Paddlers, Windermere Abode, One Hope Church, PenMet Parks,
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Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returns; Dragon Boats set for Sunday
Apr 23, 2022 | By: Vince DiceThe Gig Harbor Paddlers Cup returned Saturday after missing the past two years due to Covid-19. The event continues Sunday, April 24, with the Dragon Boat races. Sunday’s racing starts at noon with the Awaken the Dragon ceremony. Racing starts at 1:30 p.m.,with the championship heats at 3 p.m. Nine Dragon Boat teams are expected
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Sports Beat: Gig Harbor boys golf prevails in blustery conditions
Apr 22, 2022 | By: Dennis BrowneIt’s time for this week’s edition of the Sports Beat, a weekly capsule of the area’s prep athletic events. We will start with the matchup of the week on the links as the Tides and Seahawk teams, both boys and girls, were at the lush grounds of the Canterwood Golf and Country Club on Thursday,
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Gig Harbor police blotter: A Lego theft ring?
Apr 22, 2022 | By: Vince DiceEditor’s note: The following items were written based on information in Gig Harbor Police reports. Gig Harbor Police were called to Target on the afternoon of April 16 for a report of a possible shoplifting. Responding officers found two suspects, whom they believed to be working in tandem. Both men had shopping carts full of
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Data on lead in Donkey Creek slows to a trickle
Apr 21, 2022 | By: David ArmstrongDonkey Creek is an unprepossessing-looking stream, but glamour isn’t everything. The small salmon-bearing creek is well-known and well-liked by locals and visitors. The waterway takes an annual star turn when fish fans venture to its banks for the Donkey Creek Chum Festival, a celebration of the salmons’ return to the stream where they were born,
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Baseball: Peninsula battles Capital for South Sound Conference lead
Apr 21, 2022 | By: Dennis BrowneThe Peninsula baseball team faced the Capital Cougars on Tuesday, April 19, in an important game at picturesque Sehmel Park in Gig Harbor. The contest was the first of a two-game series between the top teams in the South Sound Conference. Peninsula started the day with a two-game lead on Capital, but their margin was
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Nascent Bujacich Road industrial area developing from outside in
Apr 20, 2022 | By: Ed FriedrichThe employment district’s middle section has been slow to generate businesses because the properties have no access to a sewer system.
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No injuries after officer fires at suspect near Gig Harbor
Apr 19, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffA Gig Harbor Police officer shot at a suspect who had pointed a shotgun at him Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the department. Neither the involved officer nor the suspect was injured. The incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, on the 6400 block of 154th St. NW in unincorporated
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