Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Passer-by makes off with dropped cash
Nov 20, 2025 | By: Vince DiceThe man was carrying $300 in cash in a money clip in his back pocket.
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Ken Malich named Croatian of the Year at annual CroatiaFest
Nov 20, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonMalich, a former city council member and commercial fisherman, was presented with the honor by the Croatian ambassador to the U.S.
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Discovery principal Delonna Halliday honored for promoting arts education
Nov 20, 2025 | By: Marsha HartDelonna Halliday incorporates art into learning at the Gig Harbor elementary school. The Washington Art Education Association recently recognized her work.
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Fox Island Bridge neighbors worry they’re in replacement span’s path
Nov 19, 2025 | By: Ted KenneyAn unknown number of properties will be “impacted” if the county replaces the Fox Island Bridge. People who live near it say they feel whiplashed.
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Key Peninsula food pantry, swamped by demand, eyes an expansion
Nov 19, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonKey Peninsula Community Services operates a food pantry in a tiny building near Home. It’s holding a fundraiser Friday in Gig Harbor.
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PAL’s National Fine Art Show takes flight at new location
Nov 18, 2025 | By: Carolyn BickFormerly known as the Open Juried Show, PAL’s fall showcase is now at the Gig Harbor Vintage Aero Museum.
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Police investigate scuffle at Let’s Go Washington rally
Nov 18, 2025 | By: Vince DiceTwo men say security at the rally barred them from attending, while people involved trade allegations of assault.
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Harbor Happenings | Get outside to see salmon and sea life
Nov 18, 2025 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonA hatchery field trip, Pier Into the Night and a salmon walk are planned this week, just before the weather turns truly cold.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Lawrence of Purdy
Nov 17, 2025 | By: Greg SpadoniA sign of history Earlier this year, Gig Harbor Now columnist Tonya Strickland and I started a series of stories titled Behind the Finds. They explore the lives of people in photographs found in random places. This entry in Gig Harbor Now and Then is so similar, it could be called Behind the Signs. There
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Government shutdown ends, but health care costs remain up in the air
Nov 17, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonCongress reached a deal to end the government shutdown last week without addressing the future of an expiring tax subsidy that made health insurance cheaper for thousands in the West Sound. Roughly 19,900 residents in Washington’s Sixth Congressional District – which includes Gig Harbor, part of Tacoma and the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas – benefited
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