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PAT NEAL: The spud and I
THERE ARE FEW things more enjoyable to a gardener that planting potatoes. They are easy to plant. In…
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PAT NEAL: Sequim Irrigation Festival time again
IT’S TIME ONCE again for the Sequim Irrigation Festival, where we commemorate water being brought to the Sequim…
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PAT NEAL: The evils of rock stacking
IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the river with a heavy fog hugging close to the water.
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OUR VIEW: Action needed to protect Port Angeles industrial water supply
The changes in the Elwha River have been astounding since the two fish-blocking dams came down.
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PAT NEAL: The hidden dangers of tree hugging
THERE ARE MANY good reasons for tree-hugging and I must have heard them all.
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Solar energy, on tap
THERE’S NO MISTAKING it: the sound of the sun. This is musical nourishment, sweet to the soul and…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Flexibility reigns at Forks’ RainFest
“BLESSED ARE THE flexible for they will not be bent out of shape,” read a sign in my…
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PAT NEAL: Celebrating April Fools’ week
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I’ve had enough April Fools’ jokes, pranks and poisonings played on me to make me…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: No camera, just connection
AN UNMEDIATED ENCOUNTER: It’s what I hoped for on the whale-watching boat.
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PAT NEAL: The Olympic Peninsula Treasure Hunt
OVER THE YEARS there have been many stories, legends and fables of lost treasures buried in the Olympic…
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OUR VIEW: Tariffs on newsprint hit rural papers hard
MUCH OF THE talk of tariffs and trade wars has centered on the Trump administration’s decision to pursue…
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PAT NEAL: The sometimes soggy search for fire
“I AM A woodland fellow, sir, that always loved a great fire.”
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Story Slams: Drawing moths to a flame
EIGHT DAYS TO go before the next Story Slam: a convergence of people telling and listening to true,…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: West End comes out for annual Forks auction
SARAH DECKER TOOK command of the microphone Sunday afternoon at the Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction in the Forks…
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PAT NEAL: The early tourist season
ALL OF YOU people who were complaining about the unseasonably nasty weather can knock it off at any…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Singalongs at the movies
THE PICTURE PALACE. It’s a place many of us have never seen.
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Our View: The power of the public
Gov. Jay Inslee’s veto of legislation that sought to exempt the state Legislature from the state’s Public Records…