Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.
Winds began to blow on Jan. 8, and the howling continued into the night as neighborhoods throughout the Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas began to go dark. Trees fell across roadways and light poles were sheared on Ray Nash Drive in Gig Harbor as well as Lake Holiday on the Key Peninsula, creating a precarious
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The Peninsula High school gym was packed for an overtime thriller on Wednesday, Jan. 10, as the Gig Harbor Tides (8-5, 5-2 South Sound Conference) and the Peninsula Seahawks(6-4, 4-3) girls basketball teams put on a show for local hoops fans. The Tides won 53-51, as both teams hit clutch shots down the stretch before
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. A Washington state Fish & Wildlife officer arrested a 29-year-old man who shot at Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies around 2 p.m. Thursday in Olalla. The arrest followed a long search for the man,
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If you’ve ever Googled “birthday places near me”and become totally overwhelmed by the choices — I’ve got you. Here’s a list of all the places, prices and packages for your kiddo’s next party! For the second time* in my life, I can officially declare I’ve spent 76 hours compiling a list of more birthday party
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Communication issues, both internal and external, resulted in several no-shows for buses taking Gig Harbor High School wrestlers to meets in December, according to Peninsula School District’s transportation director. Parents and athletes have been left scrambling at the last minute to secure rides in their own cars, with friends or other families. The team had
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After bottoming out in September 2023 at $827,792, the median price for a single-family home between the Purdy and Narrows bridges rose for the third consecutive month to $850,000 in December, an increase of 2.7%. Prices are now just 1.9% below their peak of $866,835 in October 2022. Spurring the increase in prices is a
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Billy Sehmel, who grew at the site of what’s now PenMet’s Sehmel Homestead Park, becomes a park district commissioner like father Bill Sr. before him.
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Did you know “only 9% of Americans who make resolutions complete them? In fact, research goes on to show that 23% of people quit their resolution by the end of the first week, and 43% quit by the end of January.” Even still, people are highly focused on specific New Year’s resolutions and goals. In
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There’s still time to purchase original works of art created by local artists at Gallery Row before the long-running gallery closes its doors for good on Jan. 20. For more than three decades, the gallery has connected Gig Harbor residents and visitors with area artists who create one-of-a-kind paintings, glassworks, jewelry, ceramics, photography, as well
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Gig Harbor Peninsula FISH Food Bank’s 2023 toy drive provided gifts to 920 children from 315 local families. That’s the most families and children ever served by the annual gift drive. The community donated 5,368 gifts and toys, FISH said. Of that, 2,289 — along with many gift cards — came via the Gig Harbor
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