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Trish Tisdale

Port Angeles’ Trish Tisdale wins graphic design awards

Graphic designer Trish Tisdale of Port Angeles recently won awards for two graphic designs. Tisdale was awarded for a brochure she designed… Continue reading

Trish Tisdale
Linty Hopie

Feiro Marine Life Center names development director

The Feiro Marine Life Center has hired Linty Hopie as development director. Hopie will develop the community support needed to increase marine… Continue reading

Linty Hopie

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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Sequim’s Castell Insurance selected ‘Agent For The Future’

Castell Insurance agents will meet during business hours, after hours or on weekends, via phone, video chat or a socially-distanced in-person meeting. “We… Continue reading

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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Sequim’s JCPenney store to close

Giant retailer finishes sale

Port Angeles’ Camaraderie Cellars wins platinum, gold awards

Six wines from Camaraderie Cellars have won either platinum or double-gold awards at the 21st Platinum Competition staged by Wine Press Northwest… Continue reading

Beverly Michaelsen, left, and her daughter Kaiya Lily Hubbard are ready to start a new chapter. They have put their shop, the Wandering Wardrobe, up for sale. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Wandering Wardrobe owners put vintage clothing shop up for sale

Retro dresses, suits could find homes with internet sales

Beverly Michaelsen, left, and her daughter Kaiya Lily Hubbard are ready to start a new chapter. They have put their shop, the Wandering Wardrobe, up for sale. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles storage facilities sell for $3.4M

Angeles and Bayview Mini Storage has sold for $3.4 million, according to real estate firm of Marcus and Millichamp. The portfolio includes… Continue reading

Sarah Simmons-Lynn

Head to Toe salon opens in Sequim

Cosmetologist Sarah Simmons-Lynn has opened Head to Toe Studio. Simmons-Lynn’s new studio is located within the Elements Salon, 435 W. Washington St. She… Continue reading

Sarah Simmons-Lynn
Elizabeth Schwantor

Olympic Medical Center adds Elizabeth Schwantor to legal department

Olympic Medical Center has announced that Elizabeth Schwantor has joined the legal department at the hospital. Schwantor is a graduate of Port… Continue reading

Elizabeth Schwantor

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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Susan Steffes, co-owner of Fleurish Lavender of Lost Mountain

Local lavender farm wins contest honors

Fleurish Lavender of Lost Mountain announced that it has won several awards at the International Judging of 2020 Lavender Essential Oils. The farm… Continue reading

Susan Steffes, co-owner of Fleurish Lavender of Lost Mountain
Kitsap Bank employees Julie Hatch, on left, and Tammy Armacost, on right, present the Community edg3 award to Amma’s Umma staff, in the center, from left to right, Chelsea Lierly, Chelsea Winfield and Alisha Grasser.

Port Angeles boutique takes home edg3 prize

Port Angeles boutique Amma’s Umma won the Community edg3 Award in Kitsap Bank’s annual edg3 small business competition. The $5,000 prize is… Continue reading

Kitsap Bank employees Julie Hatch, on left, and Tammy Armacost, on right, present the Community edg3 award to Amma’s Umma staff, in the center, from left to right, Chelsea Lierly, Chelsea Winfield and Alisha Grasser.
Julie Hendrickson is a new real estate broker at Windermere Real Estate/Sequim-East

New broker joins team in Sequim

Windermere Real Estate has hired Julie Hendrickson as broker at its Sequim-East office. Hendrickson has lived Sequim most of her life. For more… Continue reading

Julie Hendrickson is a new real estate broker at Windermere Real Estate/Sequim-East
Walmart was very busy on Black Friday with customers getting those special gifts and items on sale. ID: Roland Gagnon Jr. of Neah Bay came all the way in to Walmart for special bargain he needed like this car seat he purchased (I tried to shoot shoppers at 5 AM but there was very few at that early hour so I shot this a little later on Black Friday in front of Walmart.) dlogan
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Bargain hunters out on Black Friday in Port Angeles

Walmart in Port Angeles was very busy on Black Friday with customers buying gifts and special items. Roland Gagnon Jr., of Neah Bay, came all… Continue reading

Walmart was very busy on Black Friday with customers getting those special gifts and items on sale. ID: Roland Gagnon Jr. of Neah Bay came all the way in to Walmart for special bargain he needed like this car seat he purchased (I tried to shoot shoppers at 5 AM but there was very few at that early hour so I shot this a little later on Black Friday in front of Walmart.) dlogan
A KidiZoom Creator Cam by VTech is displayed at the Toy Fair, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in New York. The digital camera comes with a green screen and animated backgrounds allowing kids to go to outer space, get chased by T-Rex, or make things disappear. The camera comes with a tabletop tripod, which can also be used as a selfie stick. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh; stores with shipping

The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no… Continue reading

  • Nov 27, 2020
  • By JOSEPH PISANI and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writers
A KidiZoom Creator Cam by VTech is displayed at the Toy Fair, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in New York. The digital camera comes with a green screen and animated backgrounds allowing kids to go to outer space, get chased by T-Rex, or make things disappear. The camera comes with a tabletop tripod, which can also be used as a selfie stick. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
A sales associate helps customers as they consider the purchase of a big-screen television at a Costco warehouse on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Sheridan, Colo. U.S. consumer confidence fell to a reading of 96.1 in November as rising coronavirus cases pushed Americans’ confidence down to the lowest level since August. The Conference Board said the November reading represented a drop from a revised 101.4 in October. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Coronavirus

Picture of US economy still worrisome as virus damages

Gripped by the accelerating viral outbreak, the U.S. economy is under pressure from… Continue reading

A sales associate helps customers as they consider the purchase of a big-screen television at a Costco warehouse on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Sheridan, Colo. U.S. consumer confidence fell to a reading of 96.1 in November as rising coronavirus cases pushed Americans’ confidence down to the lowest level since August. The Conference Board said the November reading represented a drop from a revised 101.4 in October. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Coffee With Colleen, hosted by Colleen McAleer, on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. This week will feature Rep. Steve… Continue reading

Coronavirus

State offers $135 million in grants, loans for businesses

Gov. Jay Inslee has announced $135 million in grants, loans and other assistance to help businesses… Continue reading

  • Nov 22, 2020
  • By Rachel La Corte The Associated Press
  • Coronavirus