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Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.

Gig Harbor Land Conservation Fund joins Great Peninsula Conservancy

Aug 28, 2024 | By:

The Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula Land Conservation Fund raised more than $100,000 and helped to preserve some 30 acres in the area in less than three years since it was founded. Now it’s joining a larger regional conservancy group, hoping to do even more while maintaining a focus on the Gig Harbor and Key

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Commission seeks more specifics in Comprehensive Plan arts element

Aug 27, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick

Last year, as the city of Gig Harbor prepared to update its Comprehensive Plan — the outline for the way city government will strategize, create, and operate towards the year 2044 — it conducted surveys at various events known to be a bustle of Harbor activity. Several centered around the Downtown Waterfront Farmers Market. The city

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Harbor Happenings | One last summer weekend is on tap

Aug 27, 2024 | By:

As summer winds down, so do many summertime activities. Outdoor concerts, the waterfront farmers market and other events will soon pack-up for the year as kids return to school (Sept. 3 in the Peninsula School District) and the season shifts to autumn. But there are still plenty of things to do, places to go, sights

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Meet the face behind Harbor WildWatch’s TikTok success

Aug 26, 2024 | By: Ronan Lynch

When the pandemic forced beaches to close, Harbor WildWatch Education Director Rachel Easton saw an opportunity. If people couldn’t visit the tides, she would bring the tides to them online. “We transitioned all of our school programs and public programs to be digital, but we weren’t getting much traction. Streaming on Facebook, we’d get a

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Hospitals, Home Depots and New Hampshirites

Aug 26, 2024 | By: Greg Spadoni

Such is the power and reach of this history column (zero and zero) that nobody bothered to inform me, after my little July 28 observation on long-ago furniture names, that the word davenport, as applied to what’s more commonly known as a couch or sofa, is indeed still in popular use on the Peninsula today.

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Two In Tow & On The Go | Four surprising finds to explore outside the Gig Harbor Civic Center

Aug 23, 2024 | By:

Today’s kid adventure brings you four surprising finds to explore outside the Gig Harbor Civic Center at 3510 Grandview St. But first, some breaking news.

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Primary election certified; here are official results for local races

Aug 23, 2024 | By:

The Washington Secretary of State’s office certified the Aug. 6 primary election on Thursday, Aug. 22, confirming local results that were largely clear on election night. The certification affirms that Democrat Adison Richards of Bremerton and Republican Jesse L. Young of Gig Harbor will face off for House Position 1 in the 26th Legislative District.

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Woodworker’s hobby became a vocation, then a donation

Aug 22, 2024 | By:

Doug Perry’s mother inspired him to explore woodworking. Her crafting hobbies and creations gave him the confidence to seek out a creative outlet that has now become a vocation. He retired from a career in the Air Force, then a stroke ended a second career in manufacturing management. Woodworking had been a hobby since his

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Firefighters have stalled progress of blaze on Olympic Peninsula

Aug 22, 2024 | By:

Firefighters appear to have a handle on the wildfire that ignited on the Olympic Peninsula last week, as cooler temperatures and light rainfall have aided the hundreds of personnel battling the blaze five miles west of Brinnon.  The 2620 Road Fire, which ignited near Mt. Jupiter on Aug. 14, has remained at approximately 398 acres

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In the Margins | Elections workers are democracy’s foot soldiers

Aug 22, 2024 | By:

During the final months of any presidential election cycle, it’s tempting to grow cynical about politics and the process we use to propel our democracy. My own Grinch-like outlook toward elections began during the 1980s when, as a community reporter and editor here in Gig Harbor, I stayed glued to my desk into the wee

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