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Gregg Olsen has had success both in true crime and in the serial-killer thriller genres.

High up on a hill in Olalla, where scenes of the Pacific Northwest play out over the Puget Sound, Gregg Olsen grabbed a table knife from his kitchen and ripped into a cardboard box. The masking tape tore under the pressure and revealed the author’s latest prize, “Victim Six,” a serial-killer thriller set in locations in Kitsap County and the Key Peninsula.

News
Published: 01:35PM February 3rd, 2010

A photo on the wall at the Harbor History Museum shows a young man holding up two fingers in a peace sign. Blood streams down the sides of his face and pools in a dark stain on the front of his shirt.

Published: 01:29PM February 3rd, 2010

A 33-year-old Gig Harbor man has been arrested and charged with first-degree rape of a child and first-degree assault of a child, according to the Pierce County Superior Court.

Published: 01:26PM February 3rd, 2010

The Gig Harbor Fire Department will soon be asking voters to pay for a state-of-the-art training campus.

Sports
Published: 05:45PM February 2nd, 2010

In years past, the Class 4A Narrows League swimming and diving championships were a walk in the park for the Gig Harbor Tides.

Published: 05:41PM February 2nd, 2010

Since the new millennium, no Gig Harbor or Peninsula high school athletic program has been as dominant as the Tides’ boys and girls swimming and diving teams.

Published: 05:38PM February 2nd, 2010

When Gig Harbor junior post Austin Seferian-Jenkins fills up a stat sheet like he fills up the lane, the Tides are tough to stop.

Neighbors
Published: 12:56PM February 3rd, 2010

The island nation of Haiti has gone through unimaginable trauma and loss in the past three weeks. Those not left beneath the rubble caused by the magnitude-7 earthquake have been left mourning the loss of a parent, sibling or best friend while having a leg amputated, suffering from disease, or, at best, having no home.

Published: 12:42PM January 27th, 2010

When my husband left home on a Saturday morning earlier this month, he noticed “fire training” signs on Warren Drive and called me to suggest I might enjoy photographing it. That was a foregone conclusion, as I love to photograph everything.

Published: 12:40PM January 27th, 2010

Fat Tuesday, Feb. 16, the beginning of Mardi Gras, will bring the third annual Feast or Famine dinner to the Longbranch Improvement Club. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Key Peninsula Community Services Food Bank.

Business
Published: 04:49PM February 2nd, 2010

If you want to know how to feed a child, ask a mother. And the mother of invention is often necessity.

Published: 02:08PM January 27th, 2010

The Great Car Care Center in Gig Harbor, active in community charity with a continued effort of environmental preservation, recently celebrated 10 years of service on Kimball Drive.

Published: 02:07PM January 27th, 2010

Dr. Moritz Bartels has joined MultiCare Gig Harbor Medical Park Women’s Health and Wellness Center.

Opinion
Published: 12:42PM February 3rd, 2010

Published: 12:40PM February 3rd, 2010

AMERICANS ARE known for their generosity and humanitarianism in times of need. When disaster strikes, whether it is on our own Gulf Coast or thousands of miles away, our country rallies to help the people affected by tragedies. Oftentimes, a nonprofit group can cut through the bureaucracy much quicker than government and provide both instant and long-term relief.

Published: 12:38PM February 3rd, 2010

THE DETAILS emerging from the proposed bond for Gig Harbor Fire District 5’s capital improvements are intriguing. If voters approve the 10-year, $9.5 million bond this August, the fire department will move forward with plans to build a state-of-the-art training center.

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