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PAT NEAL: The Halloween hunt for Bigfoot
I WON’T BORE you, dear reader(s), with the petty details of my ill-fated, underfunded hunt for Bigfoot that’s…
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Helping families thrive with support center
WHAT DOES AFFORDING diapers have to do with employment? If you need childcare, something seemingly as simple as…
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PAT NEAL: Singing the birdfeeder blues
THIS IS THE season of one of the greatest migrations on Earth happening right now.
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PAT NEAL: The great deer hunt of 2025
OPENING DAY. IT’S a day when anything can happen. I was hoping, if for only a brief moment…
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PAT NEAL: The great clam hunt of 2025
THIS MUST BE the best autumn weather in years. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any…
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PAT NEAL: The great mushroom hunt
FALL MUST BE my favorite time of year. Could be because I like the rain?
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Why Recompete matters for North Olympic Peninsula
IF YOU’VE HEARD that the North Olympic Peninsula is receiving funding through the Recompete grant and aren’t quite…
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PAT NEAL: A requiem for a river
IN SEPTEMBER OF 1890, Pvt. Harry Fisher, a member of Lt. Joseph P. O’Neil’s U.S. Army expedition that…
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PAT NEAL: A winter weather prediction
THE SIGNS OF the impending season are unmistakable and should not be ignored.
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POINT OF VIEW: When a full cart isn’t an option
THE RISING COST of food is on everyone’s mind these days. On the Olympic Peninsula, it’s clear how…
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PAT NEAL: Getting the fall chores done
AUTUMN IS A beautiful time to enjoy the Olympic Peninsula. The changing colors of the leaves in the…
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PAT NEAL: A proud Peninsula pioneer tradition
IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the water when I awakened to a nightmare that was all too real.
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POINT OF VIEW: Recompete grant projects unfold across region
WHAT DOES IT take to strengthen the economy of a region and transform the livelihoods of those who…
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PAT NEAL: The joys of summer fishing
IT’S SUMMERTIME AND the fishing is easy. The fishing might not be any better than in the winter,…
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Your view: State betrays trust of Clallam County taxpayers
CLALLAM COUNTY TAXPAYERS are victims of Olympia politics once again.
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PAT NEAL: The problem with cougars
ONE OF THE most popular questions that we in the trenches of the tourist industry routinely answer is,…
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PAT NEAL: Fire Season
IT’S THAT TIME of year we star gazers wait for. When we journey to the mountain tops to…
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PAT NEAL: The simple pleasures of camping
IT’S THE SIMPLE pleasures of camping that I enjoy most.
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PAT NEAL: Finding blackberry heaven
I THOUGHT I had died and gone to blackberry heaven. It all started when I fell into a…
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PAT NEAL: A short history of fraud
WHEN VIEWED THROUGH the lens of history, today’s current events are no mystery. In last week’s column, we…