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Photo gallery: 2023 Turkey Trot

Nov 27, 2023 | By:

Photos by Julie Warrick Ammann from the 2023 Turkey Trot 5K race in Gig Harbor. Click on any image below to view the gallery.

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Annual Turkey Trot fights hunger

Nov 25, 2023 | By:

Dinosaurs, turkeys and tutus were among the colorfully styled ensembles runners sported as they gobbled up the road competing in the Gig Harbor Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. Now an annual tradition, the Turkey Trot began in 2002 with just 15 friends, family and patients of Dr. Tim Holmes, an area chiropractor. Today, more than

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Photo gallery: 2023 LeMans sailboat race

Nov 24, 2023 | By: Chapin Day

Click on any picture below to see a gallery of photos from the 2023 LeMans sailboat race:

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Photo gallery: 2023 ChumFest

Nov 24, 2023 | By:

Click on any photo below to see a gallery of images from the 2023 ChumFest along Donkey Creek in Gig Harbor.

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Sports Beat: Volleyball teams narrowly miss medal-round rematch

Nov 24, 2023 | By:

Both local volleyball teams’ seasons ended one match before they would have played each other for seventh place at the WIAA Class 3A state tournament at the Yakima Valley SunDome on Nov. 17 and 18. It’s probably fair to say the teams finished tied for ninth at the state. They previously tied for second in

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Pierce County offers holiday shuttle connecting Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor

Nov 24, 2023 | By:

Pierce County will contract with private operator Around the Sound to operate a shuttle service connecting the Key Peninsula to attractions in Gig Harbor on weekends during the 2023 holiday season. The county hopes that the temporary service will serve as a pilot program that leads to improved transit service on the Key Peninsula, according

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Thanksgiving table settings add to the charm of this food-centered holiday

Nov 22, 2023 | By:

Despite the chatter in some social media groups that the current generation doesn’t want to register for china when they get engaged or married, or inherit any of the fine dining sets from family members, some Gig Harbor families set their table with china every Thanksgiving holiday. Each year, Kathy Fox of Gig Harbor sets

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Day Tripper: Issaquah is so much more than a big box store

Nov 22, 2023 | By: Mary Williams

Gas prices are sky high, and a night in a hotel is approaching astronomically expensive.  So, for the foreseeable future, I imagine many of you are going to find yourselves taking day trips rather than the road trip vacations we’ve grown to love.  This beautiful region in which we live is ripe with opportunities to

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Harbor Happenings: Welcome to the holiday season

Nov 21, 2023 | By:

It’s Thanksgiving week and the beginning of the holiday season and many happenings have Turkey Day and winter themes. Basket Brigade Basket Brigade volunteers will put together dozens of baskets filled with all the fixins for Thanksgiving dinner, and deliver them to local families, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 21 and 22. Basket-building takes place

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Pierce County program brings art to local intersections

Nov 21, 2023 | By:

If you’ve been stopped at a traffic light in Pierce County, you’ve likely seen some beautiful pieces of art in unlikely places. In an effort to bring art to the community and beautify the utilitarian boxes that house traffic signal wires, the Pierce County Arts Commission in 2022 began a project to wrap signal boxes

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