Opinion
PAT NEAL: Disaster preparedness month
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL Disaster Preparedness Month. It’s time to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters…
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PAT NEAL: The blue-tarp campers
THE BLUE-TARP CAMPER is named for a particular shade of inexpensive, blue plastic tarp that comes in various…
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PAT NEAL: The law of the sea
And so, another rafting season passes astern. The glaciers in the high Olympics are shrinking at an increasing…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A short history of fire
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, but we still have plenty of fresh air.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Real questions from real tourists
THIS MUST BE one of the busiest tourist seasons ever. It has the locals hoping that school will…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The bug sacrifice
OF THE MANY phobias I cultivate, such as the fear of the government, fear of the mailbox and…
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PAT NEAL: Safety first on vacation
There’s no doubt about it. I’ve got to stop picking up women at the bar. It’s not safe.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Voyage of the Doomed
There are no mental wellness days here at Hoh River Rafters, because you’d have to be crazy to…
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PAT NEAL: The hunt for blackberries
THERE ARE FEW outdoor activities more enjoyable than picking wild blackberries. By wild blackberries, I don’t mean the…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A profitable extinction
In last week’s episode, we traced a cause for the degradation of our ecosystem to the elimination of…
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Nothing to celebrate this July 4
Here’s why I did not put up my buntings and flags this Fourth of July.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The rivers’ babies are disappearing
Looking at a baby salmon, it’s hard to believe that something not much bigger than a mosquito larvae…
Opinion
POINT OF VIEW: Religious freedom ignored in abortion debate
ALONG WITH THE belief that Judaism does not claim to have the ultimate “truth” about God, the almost…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A very berry Fourth
This is the season wild creatures wait for all year. When we can walk in the woods and…
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Supports Climate Resiliency Plan
I applaud Port Angeles for its Climate Resiliency Plan.
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Fishing spotted in Elwha River
In his May 18 column, Pat Neal writes that the fishing moratorium on the Elwha River “has again…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Jefferson County’s resiliency plan bad for Hoh River, salmon
In last week’s episode, we followed the extinction of the salmon from Europe to the Eastern shore of…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: A short history of extinction
FOR SOME, THE new year begins in January. Out on our rivers, the new year begins now with…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Does it always rain here?
With the blustery weather we have been experiencing lately, it seems like either the mildest January or the…
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