Clallam County

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Honda Aircraft Company has acquired Angeles Composite Technologies, Inc. and will be located on Port of Port Angeles property. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Honda Aircraft Company acquires Port Angeles business

Port transfers pair of leases to Port Angeles Composite LLC

Honda Aircraft Company has acquired Angeles Composite Technologies, Inc. and will be located on Port of Port Angeles property. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jim’s Pharmacy purchases Project Scrubs

Rachel Alton has sold the Project Scrubs Company to Jim’s Pharmacy. The company’s full inventory of scrub tops and bottoms, shoe lines… Continue reading

Las Cafeteras returns to Field Hall

Las Cafeteras will perform from its new musical production, “Hasta La Muerte,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The concert will be in the… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center to host public hearing on proposed budget

Olympic Medical Center interim CEO Mark Gregson and interim CFO Dennis Stillman will present the proposed 2026 budget at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School Thespian Society to stage ‘Footloose the Musical’

The Port Angeles High School Thespian Society will present “Footloose the Musical” with shows at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and a… Continue reading

Raincon slated in Forks this weekend

Raincon will return to Forks from 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and from 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday. The free comic… Continue reading

From left, Port Angeles Education Foundation vice president Terri Longin, PAEF board member Annette Wendel, Elizabeth Shaw, Becca Manson, Julianna Getzin, Jensen Wolfe, Killian Waknitz, Andre Campbell, Ian Smithson, Phillip Grubbs and PAEF board member John Gallagher. Not pictured is Grant Butterworth.

Students recognized for academic excellence

The Port Angeles Education Foundation Academic Excellence Award luncheon at Port Angeles High School recognized nine high school seniors who earned a… Continue reading

From left, Port Angeles Education Foundation vice president Terri Longin, PAEF board member Annette Wendel, Elizabeth Shaw, Becca Manson, Julianna Getzin, Jensen Wolfe, Killian Waknitz, Andre Campbell, Ian Smithson, Phillip Grubbs and PAEF board member John Gallagher. Not pictured is Grant Butterworth.

Troxler to discuss art inspirations at Studium Generale

Molly Troxler will talk about her art at 12:35 p.m. Thursday. Troxler’s talk will be part of the Studium Generale lecture series… Continue reading

From left to right, Melissa Smith, Grace Possinger, Danny Vollin and Trevor Elder, First Fed employees at the Sixth Street branch in Port Angeles, volunteer to paint at the Habitat For Humanity Project on Wednesday at the corner of West Hazel Street and South Fairmount Avenue. About 14 bankers from two branches volunteered as part of the bank’s Community Spirit Month to paint the future home of the Ketchum Veteran Cottages. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Volunteer work

From left to right, Melissa Smith, Grace Possinger, Danny Vollin and Trevor Elder, First Fed employees at the Sixth Street branch in Port Angeles, volunteer… Continue reading

From left to right, Melissa Smith, Grace Possinger, Danny Vollin and Trevor Elder, First Fed employees at the Sixth Street branch in Port Angeles, volunteer to paint at the Habitat For Humanity Project on Wednesday at the corner of West Hazel Street and South Fairmount Avenue. About 14 bankers from two branches volunteered as part of the bank’s Community Spirit Month to paint the future home of the Ketchum Veteran Cottages. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Jaclyn Wagner, co-owner of Sunshine Cafe and Bar, carries out an order to customers. She and her partner Alex Kirchner bought the restaurant just over a year ago and encourage locals to make it a weekly stop, whether for lunch or just coffee. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim business owners reflect on staying positive

Sunshine, Cardquest leaders talk about efforts to grow

Jaclyn Wagner, co-owner of Sunshine Cafe and Bar, carries out an order to customers. She and her partner Alex Kirchner bought the restaurant just over a year ago and encourage locals to make it a weekly stop, whether for lunch or just coffee. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Sequim High School’s auditorium and all other Sequim School District facilities and fields will have revised rental rates following approval by the district’s board of directors. District leaders said they also created a new pilot program for renters that exceed 750-plus hours of use. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim approves rental hikes

Most tiers see increase from 2019 rates

Sequim High School’s auditorium and all other Sequim School District facilities and fields will have revised rental rates following approval by the district’s board of directors. District leaders said they also created a new pilot program for renters that exceed 750-plus hours of use. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Judy Lange stands in the craft store at the Shipley Center amid items made by the fiber arts group she leads. Items from the store will be sold at the Shipley Center Holiday Bazaar scheduled for Friday and Saturday. (Reba Renner)

Shipley Center kicks off holiday bazaars

Vendors to sell items Friday and Saturday

Judy Lange stands in the craft store at the Shipley Center amid items made by the fiber arts group she leads. Items from the store will be sold at the Shipley Center Holiday Bazaar scheduled for Friday and Saturday. (Reba Renner)

Stormwater retrofit project begins today

The city of Port Angeles will begin work on its 16th Street stormwater retrofit project at the intersection of 16th and C… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: For big impact with little effort, go native

OUR FAMILY COTTAGE is in Wisconsin on Morton Lake, the headwaters of the northerly flowing Presque Isle River. This is the area where both the… Continue reading

John Carnes circa 1900.

BACK WHEN: When the mundane turns to murder on the OP

ON TUESDAY, NOV. 5, 1901 (124 years ago), a murder struck the small community of Mora. My story last month also looked at a murder… Continue reading

John Carnes circa 1900.

Committee members sought for ‘For’ and ‘Against’ statements

The Clallam County commissioners are seeking county residents to serve on the “For” and “Against” committees for a proposed charter amendment regarding… Continue reading

Counselors encourage questions on Medicare

Benefit enrollment continues through Dec. 7

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 board to review transportation program

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula