Business

BUSINESS BRIEFS: 2018 Healthgrade safety honor given to Jefferson Healthcare; KONP releases guest lineup

Jefferson Healthcare has been named as a recipient of a Healthgrades 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award. The designation recognizes superior performance of… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly luncheon meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Sunland… Continue reading

Seattle OKs taxing companies like Amazon to aid the homeless

Seattle OKs taxing companies like Amazon to aid the homeless

Seattle’s largest businesses such as Amazon and Starbucks will have to pay a new tax to help… Continue reading

  • May 16, 2018
Seattle OKs taxing companies like Amazon to aid the homeless

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

Sassy Kat Salon Boutique celebrates anniversary

Sassy Kat Salon & Boutique will fete 15 years of business with a special event on Friday, June 1. The first 30… Continue reading

  • May 10, 2018
Microsoft announces $25 million effort to use artificial intelligence to aid disabled

Microsoft announces $25 million effort to use artificial intelligence to aid disabled

Microsoft is launching a $25 million initiative to use artificial intelligence to build better technology for people with disabilities. CEO Satya Nadella announced the new… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2018
  • By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press
Microsoft announces $25 million effort to use artificial intelligence to aid disabled

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Port Angeles schools official wins public relations award … and other items

Patsene Dashiell, Port Angeles School District communications and community relations coordinator, recently received honors for three entries in the state School Public… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center honors advocates … and other items

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center honors advocates … and other items

Four Olympic Medical Center employees were honored for their legislative advocacy efforts in Olympia. Laurie Elmer, RN, obstetrics; Jeana Hutton, RN, intensive… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Olympic Medical Center honors advocates … and other items

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Monthly luncheon meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 11:15 a.m. in the… Continue reading

Couple plans to open new restaurant in Port Angeles this summer

Couple plans to open new restaurant in Port Angeles this summer

A new restaurant opening in downtown Port Angeles this summer will feature locally-sourced comfort food and beer from the Pacific Northwest, the… Continue reading

Couple plans to open new restaurant in Port Angeles this summer
Ward promoted to vice president of Sound Publishing; Josh O’Connor to step up as president

Ward promoted to vice president of Sound Publishing; Josh O’Connor to step up as president

Peninsula Daily News Publisher Terry Ward has been promoted to vice president of Sound Publishing, Inc. Ward will continue to serve as… Continue reading

Ward promoted to vice president of Sound Publishing; Josh O’Connor to step up as president

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly networking breakfasts are held at 7:30 a.m. on the first and third Thursdays of the month at… Continue reading

Port Angeles variety store marks final day

Port Angeles variety store marks final day

Bay Variety is closing its doors for good at the end of business today, but the space won’t be empty for long.… Continue reading

Port Angeles variety store marks final day

Peninsula jobless rate drops in March

North Olympic Peninsula jobless rates fell by one-half of 1 percentage point in March as Clallam and Jefferson county employers added an estimated… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT: Astoria Bay to leave laden with logs

ON THE WATERFRONT: Astoria Bay to leave laden with logs

AT THE BEGINNING of the week Astoria Bay moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 3 to take on a load of debarked logs… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT: Astoria Bay to leave laden with logs
President of Sound Publishing to join Tulsa World, BH Media Group

President of Sound Publishing to join Tulsa World, BH Media Group

Gloria Fletcher, president of Sound Publishing, Inc., has taken a position as publisher of the Tulsa World and vice-president of the South Newspaper Group of… Continue reading

President of Sound Publishing to join Tulsa World, BH Media Group
BUSINESS BRIEFS: Callis plans move to First Street … and other items

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Callis plans move to First Street … and other items

Callis Insurance recently acquired the Pacific Place office complex at 802 E. First St. Andy and Amy Callis, who also own Callis… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Callis plans move to First Street … and other items

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly luncheon meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: 30-year fete for Port Angeles business set Saturday … and other items

Patricia’s Pet Shop will celebrate 30 years of business Saturday. Members of the public are invited to drop by the shop at… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT: Liberty Bay renamed Washington

EARLIER THIS WEEK Liberty Bay, a 790-foot crude oil tanker, moored to the Port of Port Angeles’ Terminal 1. During her brief stay, personnel erected… Continue reading