The Peninsula football team was ravaged by injuries in 2010. Now, with 16 starters returning, the Seahawks are hoping to stay healthy and rise in the SPSL ranks.
With just a week left before school starts in most districts, the mattress store is making one more big push to get donations for its school supply drive for foster kids.
The Peninsula High School marching band has already been gearing up for another busy season. In addition to incoming freshmen and a new field routine, the band is welcoming its new director, Justin Ehli.
The University of Washington Seattle professor and recent chairman of the Faculty Senate will begin his new post Sept. 1.
As back-to-school season approaches, Bartell Drugs is holding a school supply drive to help local students.
Operated by the Peninsula Hawks Scholarship Fund Committee, the store raises between $30,000 and $40,000 annually on behalf of Peninsula High School graduates who plan to attend college or go on for technical or vocational training.
The Peninsula School District has partnered with two local organizations to offer half- and full-day instruction.
Eric Shear, a Peninsula grad, earned the right to go to NASA last year. He is in Houston right now and is the program's only deaf student.
Peninsula School District Superintendent Terry Bouck bids farewell to 32 retirees from the district this year.
The Gig Harbor branch of Tacoma Community College will be closed to the public until this Thursday.
KGHP-FM station manager Spencer "The Walrus" Abersold will spend a week hiking from Owens Beach in Point Defiance Park to Mount Rainier's 14,411-foot summit to raise operating funds for his station.
That's what one project showed at Harbor Montessori's annual Elementary Exhibition, where kids displayed what they'd learned about science and Asian countries.
Tacoma Community College and Pierce College, along with state's other community colleges, are losing nearly 13 percent of their state funding over the next two years and won’t be able to serve as many students.
Curt Kruse from Star 101.5 stopped by Donna Smith's kindergarten class today to present her with the Teacher of the Week award.
Peninsula School District Superintendent Terry Bouck said it's too soon to tell how the budget cuts will impact the district.
The preschool students at Curious by Nature School prepared a special message for their moms.
The envelopes are here and you got in to all the colleges you applied to. Here are tips on how to narrow it down to that one choice.
But the health department says there's still room for improvement, particularly for low-income children and those who attend schools that don't provide fluoridated water.
A group of five Peninsula students will travel to California to compete in the annual Botball Robot Tournament.
Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One presented Natalee Martin-Green with a Good Samaritan Award at Artondale Elementary School's monthly school assembly.
The Peninsula School District has joined the Hanban-Asia Society's prestigious Confucius Classroom Network for model language programs.
School district leaders will consider their options for putting the bond back on the ballot at a future date as they work towards prioritizing—and figuring out how to pay for—most pressing maintenance projects.
Gig Harbor was only school in Peninsula School District recognized for its extended graduation rate.