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Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Rite Aid will close June 26 after its parent company announced its second filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early May. Pharmacy accounts will be transferred to Sequim’s QFC. The Port Angeles store at 621 S. Lincoln St. will also close, but a date has not been set.

Rite Aid stores are set to close

QFC to take on Sequim pharmacy accounts

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim’s Rite Aid will close June 26 after its parent company announced its second filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early May. Pharmacy accounts will be transferred to Sequim’s QFC. The Port Angeles store at 621 S. Lincoln St. will also close, but a date has not been set.

Sequim Habitat project goes before hearing examiner

Decision expected soon on homes

Port Angeles Leftie Ryan Rodriguez pitches Saturday night at Victoria's Royal Athletic Park. He went three innings, allowing no runs and one hit. (Victoria News)

WEST COAST LEAGUE: Lefties drop rubber match in Victoria

The Port Angeles Lefties lost two out of three in a series at their cross-channel rival Victoria this weekend, dropping the rubber… Continue reading

Port Angeles Leftie Ryan Rodriguez pitches Saturday night at Victoria's Royal Athletic Park. He went three innings, allowing no runs and one hit. (Victoria News)
A young runner in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon's kids marathon gets a high-five at the starting line Saturday at the Port Angeles City Pier. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

KIDS MARATHON: Can I get a high five?

A young runner in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon’s kids marathon gets a high-five at the starting line Saturday at the Port Angeles City Pier.… Continue reading

A young runner in the North Olympic Discovery Marathon's kids marathon gets a high-five at the starting line Saturday at the Port Angeles City Pier. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Runners take off from the start of Saturday's combined 5k and 10k races of the Olympic Discovery Marathon along the Waterfront Trail from Port Angeles City Pier,

NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: It was made in the shade for 5K/10K runners

The 23rd annual North Olympic Discovery Marathon started off Saturday under bright sunny skies Saturday with the vast majority of the runners… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Runners take off from the start of Saturday's combined 5k and 10k races of the Olympic Discovery Marathon along the Waterfront Trail from Port Angeles City Pier,

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let those pests rest

AS SPRING SLOWLY gives way to the approaching summer season (today is the beginning of late-late spring), most plants in your yard are growing rapidly.… Continue reading

Aiden Murdoch, 11, and his sister, Sylvia Murdoch, 8, both of Akron, Ohio, examine a display of animal silhouettes, skulls and tracks on Friday at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles. The pair were on a family vacation to the park with a stop at the visitor center. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Animal tracks

Aiden Murdoch, 11, and his sister, Sylvia Murdoch, 8, both of Akron, Ohio, examine a display of animal silhouettes, skulls and tracks on Friday at… Continue reading

Aiden Murdoch, 11, and his sister, Sylvia Murdoch, 8, both of Akron, Ohio, examine a display of animal silhouettes, skulls and tracks on Friday at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles. The pair were on a family vacation to the park with a stop at the visitor center. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
“Adventuress Sunrise” by Mitchel Osborne is one of more than 50 artworks in Northwind Art’s online auction starting Monday. A pop-up gallery with all of the works on display is set for Tuesday and June 11 at the Cotton Building in Port Townsend. (Mitchel Osborne)

Art auction coming with Port Townsend pop-up gallery

Northwind Art will host its first Fundraising Art Auction and pop-up gallery next week with events online and in downtown Port Townsend.… Continue reading

“Adventuress Sunrise” by Mitchel Osborne is one of more than 50 artworks in Northwind Art’s online auction starting Monday. A pop-up gallery with all of the works on display is set for Tuesday and June 11 at the Cotton Building in Port Townsend. (Mitchel Osborne)
Northwind Art School teaching artist Meg Kaczyk, left, will host “Art Journaling through Change: In Community” on Sunday in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)

Art Journaling class to be conducted Sunday

Port Townsend artist and teacher Meg Kaczyk will host an informal class on Sunday called “Art Journaling through Change: In Community” at… Continue reading

Northwind Art School teaching artist Meg Kaczyk, left, will host “Art Journaling through Change: In Community” on Sunday in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to review Towne Road

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Foundation to host town hall for nonprofit organizations

The Olympic View Community Foundation is inviting Clallam County nonprofit organizations to a nonprofit town hall meeting. The event will be from 9… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD may raise its rates

Increase would address aging infrastructure

Judge hears oral arguments in case that centers on DNR logging

Decision on possible injunction should come within next 90 days

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The former Lincoln School, shown on Friday, is the subject of an offer by the city to purchase the building and surrounding property from the North Olympic History Center for redevelopment of the site into multifamiy housing.

Port Angeles offers to purchase Lincoln School property

Offer totals $788K with land swap included

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The former Lincoln School, shown on Friday, is the subject of an offer by the city to purchase the building and surrounding property from the North Olympic History Center for redevelopment of the site into multifamiy housing.

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Trial date moved for man charged with attempted murder

The trial date for a Port Angeles man charged with attempted murder and felony harassment has been moved to Aug. 25. Clallam… Continue reading

AREA SPORTS: Sequim youth basketball camp June 16-19

Sequim High School will host youth basketball camps for boys and girls entering first through third… Continue reading

Master Gardener Cece Fitton of Sequim waters a patch of black-eyed Susans and phacelia, along with other pollinator plants, on Thursday at the group’s demonstration garden at 2711 Woodcock Road near Sequim. The Woodcock Garden, operated through the Washington State University Extension office, features a classroom and an outdoor pavilion for seasonal lectures and workshops and is open to the public during daylight hours year-round. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Demonstration garden

Master Gardener Cece Fitton of Sequim waters a patch of black-eyed Susans and phacelia, along with other pollinator plants, on Thursday at the group’s demonstration… Continue reading

Master Gardener Cece Fitton of Sequim waters a patch of black-eyed Susans and phacelia, along with other pollinator plants, on Thursday at the group’s demonstration garden at 2711 Woodcock Road near Sequim. The Woodcock Garden, operated through the Washington State University Extension office, features a classroom and an outdoor pavilion for seasonal lectures and workshops and is open to the public during daylight hours year-round. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz struck out 194 batters this season, including 47 in six wins in the postseason. She also hit .405 on the season. She is moving on to play at St. Martin's University. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily New)

ALL-PENINSULA SOFTBALL: Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz took it to another level this season

Believe it or not, Port Angeles’ Heidi Leitz hasn’t been pitching that long. You could sure fool her opponents about that. In… Continue reading

Port Angeles pitcher Heidi Leitz struck out 194 batters this season, including 47 in six wins in the postseason. She also hit .405 on the season. She is moving on to play at St. Martin's University. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily New)