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PAT NEAL: New Year resolutions pointless to keep

BY NOW WE’VE all had it up to here with newspaper pundits preaching New Year’s resolutions that they…

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PAT NEAL: If we could talk to the animals

THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND around the world, man has studied the ways in which animals communicate in an effort…

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Another kind of year-end list

THE WORDS OF Salvadoran priest Oscar Romero (1917-1980) are a salve to me, a meditation to which I…

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PAT NEAL: Gift ideas for fishermen

DURING THE HOLIDAYS we often wonder what to get the fishermen on our gift list.

POINT OF VIEW: A new verse for an old song for the holidays

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POINT OF VIEW: A new verse for an old song for the holidays

By Marc Abshire and Richard Stephens

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Authors cookin’ up books on West End life

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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Authors cookin’ up books on West End life

THE MUSIC WAS too loud, though I’d never admit it was because then some smarty pants would say…

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PAT NEAL: Visions of Christmases past

THE EXPERTS ALL agree.

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PAT NEAL: Prognosticating the steelhead season

LATELY I’VE HEARD people say this is the most wonderful time of the year and who could argue…

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Getting by with a little help from your friends — and fellow singers

AS WE NAVIGATE these rough times, I’m advocating an activity, one I believe builds health and community.

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PAT NEAL: An amazing new fish recipe

NOW THAT IT’S almost steelhead season it might be a good time to review the latest rule changes…

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WEST END NEIGHBOR: West Enders endure the rain and the dark

TO LIVE ON the West End, one has to come to grips with the rain.

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PAT NEAL: The mystery of the Sasquatch

I’LL NEVER FORGET the first time I saw a Sasquatch. It was Feb. 28, 1970-something.

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OUR VIEW: Port Angeles must build a suicide barrier

FOR THOSE WHO want to kill themselves, procrastination can be a life-saver.

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Taking care of ‘us’: It’s a matter of time

A QUESTION THAT has me thinking lately: When we talk about this community, who is “us”? Who are…

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PAT NEAL: New threat to our threatened salmon

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news for the planet we call home.

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members

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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members

ALL MY FEARFUL thoughts instantly flew away as soon as I heard the unique rattle of the tags…

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PAT NEAL: The (honestly true!) fishing report

“HOW’S THE FISHING?”

OUR VIEW: Speak out on massive park fee hike

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OUR VIEW: Speak out on massive park fee hike

WE NEED TO yell our heads off.

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OUR VIEW: The real scoop on Port Angeles’ second-class-city ballot measure

WE WANT TO set the record straight about the second-class-city measure for Port Angeles on Tuesday’s general election…

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Listening, remembering, giving thanks

HUDDLING IN THE rental car, I heard something outside.