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PAT NEAL: A profitable extinction

In last week’s episode, we traced a cause for the degradation of our ecosystem to the elimination of…

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LETTER: Nothing to celebrate this July 4

Here’s why I did not put up my buntings and flags this Fourth of July.

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PAT NEAL: The rivers’ babies are disappearing

Looking at a baby salmon, it’s hard to believe that something not much bigger than a mosquito larvae…

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POINT OF VIEW: Religious freedom ignored in abortion debate

ALONG WITH THE belief that Judaism does not claim to have the ultimate “truth” about God, the almost…

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PAT NEAL: A very berry Fourth

This is the season wild creatures wait for all year. When we can walk in the woods and…

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LETTER: Supports Climate Resiliency Plan

I applaud Port Angeles for its Climate Resiliency Plan.

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LETTER: Fishing spotted in Elwha River

In his May 18 column, Pat Neal writes that the fishing moratorium on the Elwha River “has again…

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PAT NEAL: Jefferson County’s resiliency plan bad for Hoh River, salmon

In last week’s episode, we followed the extinction of the salmon from Europe to the Eastern shore of…

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PAT NEAL: A short history of extinction

FOR SOME, THE new year begins in January. Out on our rivers, the new year begins now with…

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PAT NEAL: Does it always rain here?

With the blustery weather we have been experiencing lately, it seems like either the mildest January or the…

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PAT NEAL: Traffic jam blues

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news — when plans for the biggest traffic jam in the…

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LETTER: US is a scary place

How many who are against abortion support the unlimited right to bear arms?

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LETTER: Supports Second Amendment

Tired of massacres?

Nell Clausen

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POINT OF VIEW: Candidate forums are a core feature of U.S. politics

League of Women Voters member urges participation

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PAT NEAL: Things could always be worse

Recently, we described the deterioration of our antique transportation infrastructure on the Olympic Peninsula. State Highway 112 was…

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PAT NEAL: Olympic Peninsula driving guide continued

In last week’s episode, we were traveling west on U.S. Highway 101 and had just successfully crossed the…

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PAT NEAL: Olympic Peninsula driving guide

With the real and present danger of an imminent tourist invasion, it’s time once again for the Olympic…

The women of Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles sang in a Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts concert last week at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Music from home — and around the world

“That was powerful,” Amy McIntyre said as we stood up and walked, on air, out of the auditorium.…

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PAT NEAL: No selfies in the outhouse

From our majestic melting glaciers to the acidified ocean, and all the scenic splendor in between, this year’s…

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PAT NEAL: The voyage of the Lydia

In last week’s episode, we discovered the unhappy coincidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition spending a hard…