King tides cause little flooding in area
Jan 17, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe 13.57-foot tide Wednesday spilled slightly into a Purdy shopping center parking lot, but didn’t rise quite high enough to do any damage.
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Jennifer Preston | A place to play
Jan 17, 2024 | By: Jennifer PrestonThe purpose of play “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw Forward-thinking municipalities know good things happen when citizens have a place to gather and grow. A thriving, local community provides both space and events for people of all ages and abilities to
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Harbor Happenings | ‘Desert Drought’ on display at TCC-Gig Harbor
Jan 16, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Gig Harbor campus of Tacoma Community College hosts a show of “Desert Drought” paintings by Lauren Napier through March 15. Napier, whose creative outlet is usually music or prose, turned to painting during the COVID-19 pandemic. This series was inspired by her time spent on the Navajo Reservation and the Arizona desert. Live music
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Idle incubator largely responsible for absent chum run
Jan 16, 2024 | By: Ed FriedrichBecause of a salmon virus, locals who operate a remote site incubator on North Creek couldn’t get eggs to supplement the few fish the stream produces naturally.
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Light snow, freezing rain possible Jan. 16 and 17
Jan 16, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe National Weather Service issued a winter weather message for Western Washington from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, through 1 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17. Weather Service forecasters expect light snow and possible freezing rain in the area Tuesday evening. The message warns of accumulations of less than a half inch of snow and ice accumulation
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Gig Harbor Now and Then: Harassment and bullying were behind this Midway School riddle
Jan 15, 2024 | By: Greg SpadoniPartial digression resolution This week we’re starting off with our previous digression, where we asked two questions to which we did not have the answers. We have one now. It’s nice and appreciated that Lynn Kennard, a daughter of Proctor Peacock, took the time to confirm that the Harbor History Museum photo we linked to
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How PenLight, Pierce County responded to last week’s storm damage
Jan 15, 2024 | By: Marsha HartWinds 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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Sports Beat | Gig Harbor survives regulation buzzer-beater to win a girls basketball thriller
Jan 12, 2024 | By: Dennis BrowneThe 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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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Suspect who shot at deputies arrested near Olalla
Jan 12, 2024 | By: Vince DiceEditor’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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Two In Tow & On The Go | Gig Harbor’s top venues for kids’ birthday parties
Jan 12, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandIf 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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