Opinion
PAT NEAL: A short history of fishing laws
In last week’s episode, we were exploring a bizarre bit of bureaucratic bungling where the state of Washington…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: April Fools’ fun with fisherman
And so, my favorite holiday, April Fools’ Day, passes astern. Here’s hoping yours was the best ever!
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Finding grace in the face of tragedy
I can barely breathe when I think of it: A husband and wife, not unlike myself and my…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: They clearcut the ‘Tunnel of Love’
SOME NIGHTS, I dream of rivers. Ones I have floated and others that exist only in dreams of…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The Russians (still) aren’t coming
It was another tough week in the news. All of the rabid chickens came home to roost.
Opinion
Retiring reporter: Time to lay down the pen
I look up words all the time as a journalist, and lately, “retire” has been at the top…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Finding work when there’s no fishing
My life sucks ever since they shut down the fishing season. Without fishing, my life has had no…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Novel follows paths of characters transformation
“Come As You Are,” a novel just unleashed into the world, starts out with two kids baptized by…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Are the Russians coming?
It was another tough week in the news with a feeling of history being repeated as Stalin’s “Iron…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: More research is needed
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, where this column’s prediction that the Washington state Department of…
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Being one’s own art therapist
IT GIVES ME great joy to write about other people’s art. Whether it’s painting or sculpture or
choreography,…
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: State of the union
For the past 35 years, nearly every U.S. president has given a State of the Union speech attesting…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Fishing without hooks
It was another tough week in the news. The Washington state Department of Wildlife threatened us with yet…
Opinion
POINT OF VIEW: Proposed legislation fails to solve problem of nursing care
When you live in a rural community and experience a life-threatening accident or illness, you need a finely…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Fish are getting smarter
It was the American author John Steinbeck who said, “It has always been my private conviction that any…
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Disturbing the peace
We have lived just outside Sequim city limits since 2009, and have enjoyed the peace and quiet.
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Serving up history at hospital cafe
The zoom call ran less than half an hour, but it blew my mind wide open.
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: US military-industrial complex to blame
The U.S. military-industrial complex continues to drag the country into unnecessary and ghastly wars to pursue bloated defense…
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Jamestown S’Klallam’s healing clinic, oyster farm bad for region
I just finished reading the Sunday edition of the PDN and noticed that the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is…