Westport moving east

Westport LLC, which builds 164-foot luxury yachts at its Port Angeles shipyard, recently purchased the old Walmart building in east Port Angeles.

According to the Peninsula Daily News, the 130,000-square-foot building on 24 acres off U.S. Highway 101 was acquired to house Westport’s cabinet shop, engineering department and administrative staff.

Advertise for Great Strait Sale

The Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association is sponsoring the eighth annual Great Strait Sale, a 61-mile yard sale on Highway 112, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.

A flier with map and sale ads, both in print and online at www.highway112.org, will be published to guide buyers to the sales. The flier will be available in advance online and will be distributed at community sale sites the day of the event.

The cost of listing a sale or fundraiser in the flier is $10. The deadline to submit an ad for the flier is Aug. 28.

To sign up for a Great Strait Sale listing in the flier or for other questions, contact Sande Balch at sandrabalch@olypen.com.