Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Officers chase suspect in burglary, car prowls
Mar 11, 2025 | By: Vince DiceAlso in this week’s blotter: A rude DUI suspect, lewd conduct in a park and an accidental firearm discharge in a hotel.
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Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
Reassessment improves Fox Island fire rating
Mar 10, 2025 | By: Ed FriedrichHomeowners insurance costs could be reduced now that a newly remodeled Station 53 will be staffed on most days.
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Gig Harbor fire station, firefighters get a cameo in this movie with a message
Feb 21, 2025 | By: Marsha Hart“Sense of Emergency,” filmed partly at GHFMO’s Station 51, focuses on how CPR can save a life — and on the trauma paramedics and other responders face.
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Driver offered a homemade license during traffic stop
Feb 13, 2025 | 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. Gig Harbor Police cited a 52-year-old man for obstructing an investigation after he refused to answer questions or exit his vehicle on the morning of Feb. 8. An officer spotted the man driving on Kimball
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Police arrest teen suspect in December purse-snatchings
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now StaffThe 16-year-old suspect lives in Federal Way and is also suspected of other robberies in Bellevue and King County.
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Bill would make it easier for corrections officers to be covered for PTSD
Feb 10, 2025 | By: Conor WilsonCorrections officers die by suicide at higher rates than police, yet have largely been excluded from expansions in mental health treatment for first responders.
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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Police investigate incident involving adults at girls basketball game
Feb 06, 2025 | By: Vince DiceAlso this week: An attempted robbery by a person in mental health crisis and shoplifters going to lengths to conceal merchandise.
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Local firefighters are home from L.A. Here’s what they saw
Feb 05, 2025 | By: Vince DiceFour local firefighters who helped contain the recent Los Angeles wildfires brought back valuable experience from their two-week deployment.
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One dead in collision near Wauna
Feb 05, 2025 | By: Gig Harbor Now staffTroopers arrested a man from Grapeview on suspicion of vehicular homicide and DUI following the crash.
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Fire devastating for owner of boat lost in Bujacich Dock blaze
Jan 28, 2025 | By: Vince DiceFor Kristina LaVair, losing her boat — the Salty Bitch — was like a death in the family.
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