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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A visit with a long-lost brother

CONSIDER THE HUG. Or as I’m inspired to do, reminisce about one that came as a complete surprise.

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PAT NEAL: The quarantine conundrum

IT WAS GOING to be one of those days.

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PAT NEAL: The Quarantine Chronicles: The Boomer Remover

IT WAS A day I’ll never forget. I remember it like it was yesterday. Maybe it was yesterday.

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PAT NEAL: Quarantine chronicles: The herd

THERE’S A LOT of talk these days about the “herd.” This is in reference to herd immunity, the…

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Hope, healing and a spring break

THE EASTER BONNIE, aka Bonnie Schmidt of Port Angeles, gave her preschoolers little baskets of farewell last week.

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PAT NEAL: The quarantine chronicles continued

SOMETIMES IT SEEMS like living in today’s modern world is a lot like having a flock of woodpeckers…

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PAT NEAL: The quarantine chronicles

IT WAS GOING to be one of those days.

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Dancing on, together and apart

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Dancing on, together and apart

I’LL TAKE MY cue from these youngsters.

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PAT NEAL: Herd mentality when there’s more than enough hay

IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the swamp. I was already late for a very important date. Breakfast with the…

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LETTER: Residents of Clallam County

We know that many of you are now out of work, or missing a season of your favorite…

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: At home on a two-way street

THESE “LESSONS” WON’T apply to me, I thought. “House Lessons,” the new memoir from bestselling local author Erica…

POINT OF VIEW: Jefferson Healthcare responds to COVID-19

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POINT OF VIEW: Jefferson Healthcare responds to COVID-19

JEFFERSON HEALTHCARE PLANNED to deal with several challenging issues in 2020.

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PAT NEAL: Skunk Cabbage Festival canceled

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. It was revealed that the Oil City Skunk Cabbage Festival…

EDC UPDATE: Women-owned businesses add value to economy

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EDC UPDATE: Women-owned businesses add value to economy

By Colleen McAleer

Herald employee mug Jerry Cornfield

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CORNFIELD: Legislative session ends with plenty of hits and misses

THE 2020 REGULAR legislative session has come to a close.

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PAT NEAL: Don’t panic, stay calm

Don’t panic, stay calm

POINT OF VIEW: Legislature should help state conserve fish, wildlife

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POINT OF VIEW: Legislature should help state conserve fish, wildlife

Nature is both more loved and more ignored than ever before.

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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Women, whiskey, words

I HELD MY breath. It was almost midnight. My compañera, Jess, had ridden her horse into a situation…

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PAT NEAL: A historic canoe journey

LISTENING TO PEOPLE complain about the weather on the Olympic Peninsula is evidence we’ve evolved into a nation…

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POINT OF VIEW: Economy, taxing districts lose after timber harvest decision

DUE TO THE state Department of Natural Resources increasing marbled murrelet habitat conservation, Clallam County will see significantly…