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Gig Harbor Now reporters chase down news that affects community residents, providing facts with context and perspective.

Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Officer Tases suspect following assault

Jul 06, 2023 | By:

Police arrested a 26-year-old Gig Harbor man on suspicion of assault, resisting arrest and for an outstanding warrant following an incident on Saturday, July 1, on Hunt Street. The suspect, who officers wrote suffers from mental illness, fought with a man walking his dog along the road. He also threatened to assault a woman, who

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The Battle for Carr Inlet pitted local community against the Navy

Jul 06, 2023 | By:

Think the fight against Walmart in the 1990s, or the more recent flap over building 35 new dwelling units at the bottom of Harborview Drive, stand as the biggest citizen crusades in peninsula history? Those were minor disagreements when compared to the Battle for Carr Inlet, fought in the early 1950s. Decades before the term

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Harbor Happenings: Summer music season begins

Jul 05, 2023 | By:

Summer music season kicks off Thursday, July 6, at Uptown Gig Harbor, with Adam Krum and the Highway 65 band bringing their brand of country to the Pavilion. The free Uptown Summer Concert Series performances run from 6 to 8 p.m. every Thursday through mid-August. The schedule: July 6: Adam Krum and The Highway 65

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Jennifer Chushcoff: Hidden deserts in our midst

Jul 05, 2023 | By:

If you spend more time maintaining your lawn than enjoying it, it’s time to consider your alternatives. Removing a lawn, or at least a portion, is good for the planet and for you. Looking out the window, those lush lawns seem pretty harmless. That’s only because a glance doesn’t reveal the truth. A lawn is

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Gig Harbor Now and Then: The Vine, government land and unpaid sailors

Jul 03, 2023 | By: Greg Spadoni

Two weeks ago, the debut column of Gig Harbor Now and Then featured three questions of local history. All concern the schooner Vine, the second ship built in Gig Harbor. This week we provide the answers. They are as follows: Question 1: Where in Gig Harbor was the Vine built? Answer: The Gig Harbor Lumber

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City, county step up fireworks restrictions amid increased fire risk

Jun 30, 2023 | By:

The 4th of July season is typically a busy one for Katie Bennett, but not so much this year.  Bennett, the Gig Harbor High School girls soccer coach, usually spends the last days of June and the first of July running a fireworks stand with her players. But a city of Gig Harbor ban on

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Two in Tow & On the Go: Library offers prizes for summer readers

Jun 30, 2023 | By:

The Pierce County Library Summer Reading Program is back, running now through Aug. 31. Read, track your progress, and score cool prizes. This local program is a family favorite of ours. Here’s why!

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City council approves updated transportation plan

Jun 29, 2023 | By:

The city council adopted a new six-year Transportation Improvement Program on Monday, June 26, adding one project from the previous list and shifting some others. The plan lists the street projects the city has scheduled for 2024 to 2029. Cities must update the document annually and ensure it’s consistent with their comprehensive plans to qualify

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It’s a small world: Gig Harbor alums meet at Airborne training in Georgia

Jun 28, 2023 | By:

Two Gig Harbor High School alumni earned their Army Airborne wings on June 23, 2023, at Fort Moore (formerly known as Fort Benning) in Columbus, Georgia. Ethan Baker, a 2020 Gig Harbor grad and a rising senior in the Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Gonzaga University, and Zach Standifer, a ’21 Gig Harbor grad

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Harbor Happenings: Watch art happen during Saturday Art Walk

Jun 27, 2023 | By:

The monthly Gig Harbor Art Walk is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 1, in downtown Gig Harbor. Participating galleries include Ebbtide, Waters Edge, Gallery Row, dArt Frog, Woodstock Gallery, Gretchen Glese Artworks and Frills. Several will host live art demonstrations from 1 to 3 p.m.: Steve Hammond will demonstrate how he creates

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