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Prosecutors charge elementary school teacher with three new counts of molestation

Jun 26, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

Pierce County prosecutors charged Gig Harbor resident Jordan Roy Henderson with three additional counts of first-degree child molestation, according to Superior Court documents. Prosecutors entered the new charges against the Evergreen Elementary School teacher on Wednesday, June 26. Documents indicate that a new victim came forward after Henderson was initially charged in April. Henderson remains free

A brush fire burns Tuesday between Highway 16 and the Wollochet Drive ramp.

Pierce County participating in regional evacuation alert system

Jun 13, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

Ahead of what could be a busy wildfire season, Pierce and six other Puget Sound-area counties are promoting a regional evacuation alert system. The Ready, Set, Go program creates a standardized three-step evacuation messaging system for most counties bordering Puget Sound, including Pierce, Kitsap, King, Skagit, Thurston, Snohomish and Whatcom. Emergency Management officials are hoping

Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Hospital patient spits on, bites and punches nurses

Jun 06, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

Editor’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 32-year-old woman with a history of mental illness, recently released from the Washington Corrections Center for Women after serving a sentence for assaulting a health care worker, injured two nurses at St. Anthony

Fire department taking heat for rising home insurance costs

Jun 05, 2024 | By: Ed Friedrich

A fire protection rating downgrade led to an extra bump in home insurance costs on south Fox Island, but it’s not just them. It’s happening everywhere.

Gig Harbor firefighters on the scene of Sunday's brush fire.

New state program aims to make Gig Harbor Wildfire Ready

Jun 03, 2024 | By: Conor Wilson

Wildfire Ready Neighbors, a statewide initiative that helps property owners prepare their homes for wildfires, expanded to Gig Harbor last week. State Public Land Commissioner Hilary Franz unveiled the new program during a press conference at Fire Station 50 in Gig Harbor on May 31. Officials from the Washington Department of Natural Resources and Gig

Evergreen teacher charged with child molestation jailed briefly for violating parole

Jun 03, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Jordan Roy Henderson, the Evergreen Elementary teacher accused of child molestation, was back in jail briefly on Friday after a report he violated parole by holding gatherings at his home with minors present. The court released Henderson following a hearing Friday and he returned to home detention on $750,000 bail as of Saturday morning. On leave

Five injured in collision during Maritime Gig Parade

Jun 01, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

Two vehicles participating in the Maritime Gig Grande Parade on Saturday collided on Harborview Drive near Rosedale Street, injuring five people. Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One treated five patients following the collision. Medics took four of them to local hospitals for treatment. GHFMO said two victims suffered minor injuries and three suffered “moderate” injuries.

Students get off a bus at Gig Harbor High School.

Internet outages at some schools linked to attempted copper thefts

May 30, 2024 | By: Christina T Henry

The attempted copper thefts occurred near the district’s main office in Purdy; the wires involved actually had no copper.

A fire crew from Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One fights a brush fire in 2019 at Murphy Drive and East Bay Drive.

Burn ban begins Saturday in unincorporated Pierce County

May 28, 2024 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

The ban only applies to land clearing and burning of yard debris, not small recreational fires.

Judge sentences man to more than 17 years in prison for 2020 murder of his neighbor

May 21, 2024 | By: Vince Dice

A Pierce County Superior Court judge on Monday sentenced Mark Allen Erisman, 61, to more than 17 years in prison for the Oct. 4, 2020, murder of Diane Perron at her home on Valley View Drive in Gig Harbor. Erisman pleaded guilty under an agreement between Pierce County prosecutors and his public defender, Kelsey H.

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