Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
Gig Harbor-area voters renewed a levy that helps Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One fight fires, according to preliminary results of the Aug. 1 election posted by the Pierce County Elections Office. Early tallies show 6,768 voters supporting the levy (61.86 percent) vs. 4,172 opposing it (38.14). In the only other race on local ballots,
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Three people stole 31 bottles of tequila from the Rite Aid store on Point Fosdick drive around 8 p.m. July 23. The liquor was worth about $1,150, clerks told officers. Employees provided officers with a license plate number for
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Local voters will winnow the field of candidates for a PenMet Parks commission seat and decide the fate of Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One’s levy renewal request next week. Voters must return ballots by Tuesday, Aug. 1. As of the morning of Thursday, July 27, the Pierce County Elections Office reported receiving 6,265 ballots
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Ballots have been delivered and more than 10% of those in the Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One service area have already been returned to the County Clerk. As Fire District Commission Chairman, I hope the majority of these, and the ones still sitting on kitchen counters, are cast in support of the District’s general
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The bad news: Gig Harbor experienced a 34 percent increase in the most serious crimes against persons, property and society in 2022 compared to 2021. The good news: Relatively little of that was violent crime, no complaints were filed against Gig Harbor officers in 2022 and the Legislature approved measures this year that could give
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A wildfire in a field circled by the Wollochet Drive onramp damaged about 40% of the trees and shrubs Rotary Club members planted in February to enhance the Gig Harbor entrance.
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Gig Harbor Police officers arrested a man on suspicion of possessing a stolen firearm on the evening of July 15 in the parking lot of the Fred Meyer store on Point Fosdick Drive. An officer noticed the man because
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We returned to Gig Harbor at the end of June after a family vacation in the north woods of Canada’s Great Lakes region. Unfortunately, this year the typically fresh lake air and photogenic views were compromised by a gray layer of noxious wildfire smoke from northern Ontario. It reminded us of Puget Sound’s summer of
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Gofundme accounts have been opened and people are uniting to help two women who recently lost their homes — and a father — to house fires.
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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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