Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
Vandals broke a canoe off the Our Fisherman, Our Guardian carved statue at Austin Park at txʷaalqəł Estuary late Monday or early Tuesday, Jan. 22 or 23. The city of Gig Harbor believes the damage occurred when someone tried to climb on the statue, carved by renowned artist and Quinault Tribal Chairman Guy Capoeman and
Read More
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. Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One responded to a rollover collision at 8 p.m. Jan. 12 on the Kimball Drive/Pioneer Way overpass of Highway 16. A 67-year-old Silverdale man told
Read More
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 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,
Read More
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. An officer working at his desk in the Police Department at the Civic Center on Grandview Street went outside to investigate around 8 a.m. on Dec. 29 when he heard music playing loudly from
Read More
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. Two people robbed a convenience store on the 13800 block of Purdy Drive early on Dec. 16, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. According to a report on the sheriff’s office’s report, two
Read More
The 57-year-old man was wearing dark clothing while crossing the street on a dark, raining Tuesday morning.
Read More
Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One is looking for a temporary home for its administrative and leadership staff after a tree fell on its Bujacich Road headquarters building during a wind storm in early November. The tree poked a hole in the building’s roof and punctured its sprinkler system, GHFMO public information officer Tina Curran
Read More
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 43-year-old Port Orchard man’s unpaid shopping spree at a Gig Harbor department store went badly for him when his partner drove his getaway car away at the first sight of police. An officer
Read More
Gig Harbor Police found a 66-year-old man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a home on Sehmel Drive on Saturday, Nov. 18. The discovery came after a 27-year-old woman said he held her against her will for several days. The woman walked up to a house on the 10800 block of Sehmel around
Read More
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 68-year-old Port Orchard woman told police that someone Tased her following an unsuccessful attempt to steal her purse in the parking lot of the Gig Harbor Costco around 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9. Police
Read More