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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Here are the various business meetings this week across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Habitat for Humanity set to celebrate 25th anniversary beginning Monday

The organization will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon Monday in Sequim.

The tanker ship Alaskan Navigator departs Port Angeles on Saturday morning after undergoing maintenance inspection. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

ON THE WATERFRONT: Cargo ship’s history marked by rogue wave

The Astoria Bay, once known as Dry Beam, was once struck by a wave thought to be 50 feet high and was helped out by coast guards from both borders.

The tanker ship Alaskan Navigator departs Port Angeles on Saturday morning after undergoing maintenance inspection. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Here are the various business meetings this week across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Big Lift Shipping’s MV Happy Star made port in Port Angeles Harbor last week. It is a heavy-lift vessel flying the Netherlands’ flag and is equipped with two 900 metric ton heavy-lift mast cranes geared for handling heavy cargoes, according to the company’s website. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

ON THE WATERFRONT: Heavy-lift ship stands out in Port Angeles Harbor

The bright-yellow vessel came from Vancouver, B.C., after delivering a grain silo.

Big Lift Shipping’s MV Happy Star made port in Port Angeles Harbor last week. It is a heavy-lift vessel flying the Netherlands’ flag and is equipped with two 900 metric ton heavy-lift mast cranes geared for handling heavy cargoes, according to the company’s website. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Here are the various business meetings this week across the North Olympic Peninsula.

State: Peninsula jobless rates decreased slightly in August

Clallam County unemployment came down to 7.6 percent, while Jefferson County’s jobless rate dipped to 7.2 percent, officials said.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Newcomers’ Club to host luncheon; Sequim city water reclamation facility receives award

Business news items for the North Olympic Peninsula.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: OMC employees recognized during recent board meeting … and other items

Business news items for the North Olympic Peninsula.

Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Seth Larson is the new owner of Freds, an emergency supplies and gun store in Sequim.                                Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Seth Larson is the new owner of Freds, an emergency supplies and gun store in Sequim.

New gun store opens in Sequim

Business focus is on emergency supplies, safety, personal protection

Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Seth Larson is the new owner of Freds, an emergency supplies and gun store in Sequim.                                Patricia Morrison Coate/Olympic Peninsula News Group                                Seth Larson is the new owner of Freds, an emergency supplies and gun store in Sequim.

Verizon launches new network in Port Angeles

The city is one of 14 in the state to see the LTE Advanced network.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Here are the various business meetings this week across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Jefferson County growing but economy needs more young people, official says

Jefferson County growing but economy needs more young people, official says

“Jefferson County has an entrepreneurial spirit, but we’re also looking to create jobs that people can come back for and raise their family on.”

Jefferson County growing but economy needs more young people, official says