The Henderson Bay Fireworks Committee will dish up a homegrown fireworks show at the head of Henderson Bay on Saturday near the mouth of the Purdy Spit. The program is scheduled to begin at 10:10 p.m. and expected to last about 20 minutes.
Fire officials will be keeping a close eye on weather conditions this Fourth of July weekend. The recent dry spell has left fertile conditions for fires.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray took a tour of St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor on Wednesday, then spotlighted a shortage of nurses and other critical health care workers. Murray, D-Wash., is working on the workforce development portion of the American Healthy Choices Act to reduce the cost of health care and increase access to health care for Americans. She has spent thousands of hours on health care reform and said she takes what she hears from Washington residents to Washington, D.C.
The City of Gig Harbor is “on top” of a looming $1.8 million budget shortfall for the 2010 budget, a city official said last week.
The jar that sits on the front desk of the Key Center library is full of names hoping to win a prize in a weekly drawing. Each name represents a child who has made his or her way into the library to be part of the Pierce County Library System’s “Be Creative” summer reading program.
Summer Reading is one of the “mostest funest” events at the library, and it has just begun. This year is really great, because the theme is “Be Creative.” It features activities from and about all the arts: drawing, painting and cartooning, music, acting, dancing and writing, which leads to reading.




