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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Writing heroes with auras
I AWAITED MY heroes. For years I’ve hung on their words in novels such as “Into the Beautiful…
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PAT NEAL: Salmonberry deserving of honor
THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like the first salmonberry of the year.
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PAT NEAL: The horse fly menace
THIS IS A story about wilderness survival, told in hopes it will provide inspiration to others.
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PAT NEAL: Olympic tourist troubles
WHETHER IT IS an effect of climate change, the economy or the Fourth of July, it’s become apparent…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Voices, stomps and grace
I’M LOOKING FOR hope and energy, some way to keep my spirits up amid the news cycle.
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OUR VIEW: Newsprint tariffs hard on community newspapers
“I never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.”
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PAT NEAL: Sympathy to new state Department of Fish and Wildlife director
DEAR MR. KELLY SUSEWIND: Allow me to express my deepest sympathy.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Sarge’s Place Farmstand celebrates new growth
JAY BAKER OF Sarge’s Place joked, “The military issued me two dog tags, one said B positive and…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Summer’s here; time is right for a vegan treat
“WANT SOME RHUBARB?” A friend asked Amanda Thieroff recently, and yes please.
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PAT NEAL: The joys of cutting firewood
THERE ARE FEW outdoor recreational activities I enjoy more than cutting firewood.
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PAT NEAL: The fish duck blues
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE spending the night along one of our rivers where it is still possible to experience…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Roof, not rain, dampens spirits
SITTING ON THE bank of the Sol Duc River, Stan Fouts said, “I love my national park but…
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Summer full of uplift, renewal
REACH INSIDE AND lift up your younger self, Joe Gaydos told us. See yourself as an explorer.
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PAT NEAL: Remembering D-Day
JUNE 6 MIGHT not mean much to people these days. Maybe it’s one day closer to a summer…
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PAT NEAL: Summer driving guide: You were warned
IN LAST WEEK’S episode of the Olympic Peninsula summer driving guide, we embarked on a westward journey down…
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: History on tap at Forks Logging Museum
AT 6 P.M., THE Forks Timber Museum, 1421 Forks Ave., began pouring wine for the ladies of the…
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PAT NEAL: Olympic Peninsula summer driving guide
IT’S TIME ONCE again for the Olympic Peninsula summer driving guide.
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DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Cash, connection: Coyle’s got the right mix
HE WORKS IN the woods; what he builds is community, with music as the floorboards.
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WEST END NEIGHBOR: Immigrant woman fearful of leaving life in Forks
“I SOLD MY house, packed and took my children,” Maria-Elena Perez told me of her border crossing from…