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PAT NEAL: The coming subduction event
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: It’s not just the park — it’s the people
LOOKING DOWN AT the ladder of the avalanche chute, it appeared the wood rungs hadn’t been maintained since…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A fresh look, in full color
IT HAPPENS WHEN least expected. A single still image beams me back to a place, a feeling.
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PAT NEAL: The orca task force not to the rescue
THE VISCERAL SPECTACLE of the mother orca carrying her dead baby for 17 days and the emaciated female…
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PAT NEAL: Stages of a Sasquatch sighting
THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA’S first Sasquatch Symposium, held last November at Studio Bob in Port Angeles, resulted in an…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Live music dips toes into the crick
THE LAST FULL month of summer has come.
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PAT NEAL: Top tourist questions
AS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS of the tourist industry, it is our civic duty to share our precious local knowledge…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Neighbors who help with the worst jobs
LAST WEEK I found myself at the bottom of a grave I was finishing up.
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Writing heroes with auras
I AWAITED MY heroes. For years I’ve hung on their words in novels such as “Into the Beautiful…
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PAT NEAL: Salmonberry deserving of honor
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like the first salmonberry of the year.
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PAT NEAL: The horse fly menace
THIS IS A story about wilderness survival, told in hopes it will provide inspiration to others.
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PAT NEAL: Olympic tourist troubles
WHETHER IT IS an effect of climate change, the economy or the Fourth of July, it’s become apparent…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Voices, stomps and grace
I’M LOOKING FOR hope and energy, some way to keep my spirits up amid the news cycle.
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OUR VIEW: Newsprint tariffs hard on community newspapers
“I never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.”
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PAT NEAL: Sympathy to new state Department of Fish and Wildlife director
DEAR MR. KELLY SUSEWIND: Allow me to express my deepest sympathy.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Sarge’s Place Farmstand celebrates new growth
JAY BAKER OF Sarge’s Place joked, “The military issued me two dog tags, one said B positive and…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Summer’s here; time is right for a vegan treat
“WANT SOME RHUBARB?” A friend asked Amanda Thieroff recently, and yes please.
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PAT NEAL: The joys of cutting firewood
THERE ARE FEW outdoor recreational activities I enjoy more than cutting firewood.
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