Opinion
PAT NEAL: Youngsters on the river
THIS IS A magical time of year when you see a lot of youngsters on the river.
Opinion
WEST END NEIGHBOR: ‘A people problem’ on the West End
THE BIG DOG showed up at our gate with a bullet hole in its head. My husband discerned…
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A fresh variety of reporting
AS PEOPLE POUR out of classrooms and into the new summer, I’m thinking about the last time I…
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PAT NEAL: Wildlife roulette
THERE’S A CERTAIN tension in the woods these days. The animals are nervous, as if they have something…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Facts? Nah. Fabulous? Oh yes.
TURNS OUT SIR Elton John, deep down, is an eminently relatable guy.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The woodpecker war, continued
THEY SAY THERE’S no place like home, that home is where your heart is and every man’s home…
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PAT NEAL: The woodpecker war
IT’S NESTING SEASON in this bird watcher’s paradise we call the Olympic Peninsula.
Opinion
WEST END NEIGHBOR: Just how beautiful it is on the West End
LUKE TOLD ME, “It takes like six or seven hours to drive out here.”
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The all new First Salmon Ceremony
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. A historic event we’ve all been waiting for finally came…
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: The electric horsewoman
I’M IN LOVE. Or just lust — and it feels great.
Opinion
WEST END NEIGHBOR: A long drive for dad
I COME FROM a line of lead-foot drivers, but not the kind with one foot on the brake…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Bigfoot believes in me
A RECENT OPINION poll on the Peninsula Daily News website asked, “Sasquatch: Real or myth?”
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: A look back, a tough talk
WHAT A PEACEFUL place is Kah Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Songbirds sing, herons swoop. I’ve walked the…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: It’s May Day
MAY DAY IS much more than just another pagan festival celebrating the return of the sun or a…
Opinion
WEST END NEIGHBOR: New flag waves over Forks’ Tillicum Park
A FLAG THAT is 20 feet by 60 feet dwarfs almost everything in Forks.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: Device deprivation disorder
ON SOME OF these clear spring days you just know summer is on the way.
Opinion
PAT NEAL: More moratorium mumbo jumbo
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. Despite years of headlines proclaiming the return of the salmon…
Opinion
DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: It’s time to listen
YOUNG LEO UNBURDENS himself — revealing a shocking event — while seated on the couch with Vera. She…