Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Gov. Bob Ferguson wants to steer savings from the Medicaid pharmacy benefit into the general fund. This provider currently uses that money to pay for mobile health clinics.
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Lifestyle changes and preventative care can help you reduce your risk of colorectal cancer.
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Also in this week’s blotter: A rude DUI suspect, lewd conduct in a park and an accidental firearm discharge in a hotel.
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Runners take to the Cushman Trail on Saturday for Shamrockin the Harbor, a fundraiser for the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s senior center.
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Homeowners insurance costs could be reduced now that a newly remodeled Station 53 will be staffed on most days.
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Even if it’s literally carved in stone, sometimes a homestead is not a homestead.
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The crowd at the first-term representative’s town hall urged Randall and her Democratic colleagues to stand up to Trump.
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Food Backpacks 4 Kids works to ensure that children from low-income families do not go hungry, particularly during weekends and school breaks when free meals are not available.
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An overwhelming majority of students entering kindergarten on the Kitsap Peninsula are vaccinated against measles, state data shows. But immunization rates here and across the state remain below where they were before the pandemic. Students out of compliance — meaning they were neither vaccinated nor received an approved exemption — also rose among kindergarten classes
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The cultural access program would support local nonprofits and provide educational program. The city council must decide whether to put the question before voters.
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