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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…
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PAT NEAL: The New Carpetbaggers
THANK YOU FOR reading this. Sometimes I think if you didn’t read this ,no one would, but you…
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PAT NEAL: Telling the truth to tourists
NOW THAT THE tourists are here, it’s easy to remember why there’s a season on them.
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PAT NEAL: Summertime search and rescue
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, but what do you expect?
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PAT NEAL: A major miracle happening now
THERE’S A MAJOR miracle happening now, and you won’t read about it anywhere but here.
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POINT OF VIEW: Together, we are resilient
I’VE LIVED IN this community for almost three years now. I know, that’s a flash in the pan…
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PAT NEAL: Bale bucking blues
DRIVING AROUND THE old hometown can make you feel old. Gone are the days when the food in…
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PAT NEAL: Survival of the wilderness pests
THIS IS A story about wilderness pests. It is told as a warning to others. I remember this…
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PAT NEAL: The camas are blooming
THERE’S A LITTLE piece of history blooming now right along U.S. Highway 101, a few miles south of…
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PAT NEAL: The call of the Swainson’s thrush
THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has…
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PAT NEAL: The Olympic Peninsula driving guide
THE SIGNS OF the season are everywhere. The roar of the lawn mower, the stench of burning charcoal…
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PAT NEAL: River birds decline, forecast the future for us
IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the river and no birds sang. It was quiet, like The Duke used to…
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PAT NEAL: We’re opening the Upper Hoh Road
OFTEN WHILE GLIDING along the paved roads of the Olympic Peninsula, you wonder at the difficulty of travel…
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OUR VIEW: Community continues to support local journalism
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE to decline at a rapid rate, from an average of two per week in 2022…
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PAT NEAL: A family favorite skunk cabbage recipe
THE SKUNK CABBAGE is a swamp-dwelling harbinger of spring.
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PAT NEAL: Fond memories of opening day
ONE OF MY many guilty pleasures is to look through copies of old newspapers as a way of…
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Take care of rural communities, hospitals
SAY WHAT YOU want about the efforts to downsize the government in Washington, D.C., and balance the budget…
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Community colleges help create a thriving economy
Peninsula College is running on all cylinders. We’re filled with top-notch fuel in the tank and road ready…