Gig Harbor Now
Gig Harbor Now is a nonprofit news outlet dedicated to enhancing the community and supporting democracy through accurate and unbiased reporting of local news and events. It also serves as a platform for the residents of the greater Gig Harbor area to share their voices. The organization was founded following the closure of a previous publication, whose editor and reporter believed deeply in the value of local news. For ten years, they published Gig Harbor Life until it was discontinued by its parent company, Gannett, in 2018 due to financial challenges.
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1 week ago |
gigharbornow.org | Carolyn Bick
Arts & Entertainment Community News While to this reporter’s knowledge the prime minister of Croatia did not appear, the annual Croatia Day festival wasn’t lacking for attendees. Several hundred people filtered through the small festival at Skansie Brothers Park saw over the course of the six-hour celebration. Rain deterred no one, and many attendees sported the Croatian flag on their face or clothing.
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1 week ago |
gigharbornow.org | Carolyn Bick
Arts & Entertainment Community Washington’s eighth and newest Poet Laureate, Derek Sheffield, hails from right here in Gig Harbor, where he was first a student at Gig Harbor High School, and later returned to teach. It was Sheffield’s teacher, Kevin Miller, who showed him how poetry could light up one’s whole being; it was the Harbor who taught him to become a poet.
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1 week ago |
gigharbornow.org | Conor Wilson
Community Health & Wellness Pierce County’s top public health official says slashing of federal funds will hamper the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s ability to mitigate threats of wildfires and their smoke. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the health department a three-year, $1 million grant in 2024 to build capacity and resilience against wildfires.
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3 weeks ago |
gigharbornow.org | Conor Wilson
Community Health & Wellness The two hospitals serving the Kitsap Peninsula returned to profitability – or near-profitability – in 2024 after struggling with COVID-era losses, according to records submitted to the Washington state Department of Health.
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3 weeks ago |
gigharbornow.org | Conor Wilson
Community Health & Wellness Virginia Mason Franciscan Health recently announced a “strategic affiliation” with Seattle Children’s Hospital. The partnership will bring more services directly to patients on the Kitsap Peninsula at St. Anthony Hospital and St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale.
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