There are new breweries and new bands lined up for this year’s Gig Harbor Beer Festival. The event will run from noon to 5 p.m. May 18 at 4701 Point … Click to Continue »
Flowers bring joy to loved ones, celebrate milestones, and comfort us during grief in ways that words sometimes can’t. What many don’t realize is that their journey from field to … Click to...
A woman is facing charges after she allegedly drove recklessly and crashed, causing extensive damage to her vehicle in Gig Harbor. A Gig Harbor police officer saw a vehicle driving … Click to C...
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Voters just said “no” to higher property taxes that would help address a $3 million shortfall Gig Harbor will face at the end of 2025. Now, city leaders are deciding … Click to Continue »
Wollochet Bay is one of 15 areas in the state where commercial shellfish harvesting is threatened due to the level of fecal bacteria, according to the Department of Health. Shellfish … Click to...
Early election results showed Gig Harbor voters rejecting what would be the city’s first property tax increase in 40 years Tuesday night. The measure would raise property taxes by 40 … Click ...
The two public EV-charging stations run by the city of Gig Harbor won’t be free to use anymore, starting next month. A measure the City Council unanimously passed April 8 … Click to Continue ...
A fire damaged a detached garage and several outbuildings Saturday night in Gig Harbor, fire crews announced on social media. About 10 p.m., crews were dispatched to the 3600 block … Click to C...
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Gig Harbor elementary school teacher Jordan Henderson appeared in Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Washington, on nine counts of child molestation in the first degree involving students in...
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A fifth grade teacher in the Peninsula School District is accused of molesting his female students. Pierce County prosecutors charged Jordan Roy Henderson, 34, with nine counts of first-degree ch...
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An Evergreen Elementary School teacher was arrested Thursday on suspicion of child molestation. A student at the school in Lake Bay reported to Pierce County deputies on Feb. 26 that … Click to...
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Uniquely Logo Embed Louise Anderson expected sparrows and finches when she set up a bird feeder on her patio at the Heron’s Key retirement community in Gig Harbor. She was … Click to Continue...
Editor’s note: This blotter is compiled from recent Gig Harbor police reports. Fundraising for fake youth basketball team An officer responded just before 7 p.m. March 25 to the Safeway … Cli...
Gig Harbor High School graduate Brynna Maxwell is officially a professional. In the April 15 WNBA Draft, she was selected with the 13th overall pick (the first pick of the … Click to Continue �...
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Inside Look Logo Embed There usually would be a waiting list of potential buyers for the $290,000 homes Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity just built near Gig Harbor. But of … Click to C...
A 36-year-old registered sex offender who took photos of girls changing in a Peninsula High School restroom before a girl’s soccer game was sentenced April 11 to four years in … Click to Cont...
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For the nurses who joined forces to create an independent IV infusion clinic in Gig Harbor, it’s all about providing the best possible service, no matter the location. Revive Drip, … Click to...
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The city of Gig Harbor will ask voters to approve a property tax increase for the first time in 40 years. Voters will see the levy lid lift on the … Click to Continue »
The year was 1970. A senator from Wisconsin organized a national demonstration to push for environmental awareness and change. Rallies took place across the country and the message to protect …...
The beer and wine can stay. The flower garden has to go. That was the message the owners of the Olalla Bay Market & Landing received from Kitsap County officials … Click to Continue »
A new rideshare service run by Pierce Transit started in Gig Harbor this month. The Gig Harbor Runner service is similar to Uber or Lyft in that riders use an … Click to Continue »
The Olalla Bay Market & Landing is back in the restaurant business following warnings from Kitsap County in March that it needed to stop serving food on site, among other … Click to Continue »...
Gig Harbor moms Heather Maher and Sarah Stancikas have been campaigning for a public pool since 2021. In March the Peninsula Metropolitan Park District finished crunching preliminary numbers. It�...
The sound of off-key recorder music will play from manholes in Gig Harbor neighborhoods for a few weeks. At least that’s what the recording of the sound that the city … Click to Continue »
Serenity Spa has officially opened its doors in Gig Harbor. The name should sound familiar. Serenity Spa has two other Pierce County locations, one in downtown Tacoma and at The … Click to Cont...
A Pierce County judge denied a prosecutor’s request March 20 to increase the bail of a registered nurse practitioner who is accused of forcing abortion pills inside his pregnant girlfriend … ...
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Over 20,000 people west of the Narrows Bridge were without power Tuesday. According to the Peninsula Light Company’s Outage Map, the outage occurred just after 11 a.m.. Pen Light posted … Cli...
The man who died on March 8 while working on a Gig Harbor roof when it collapsed has been identified. John Vandenberg was 64 years old when he was crushed … Click to Continue »
After neighbors reported concerns about thin horses on a Key Peninsula property for more than a year, criminal charges have been filed following the death of one of the horses … Click to Contin...
Dr. David Bales has traveled the world in this pursuit of public health, including the founding of the Pierce County Medical Reserve Corp that allows health care professional to respond to disast...
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