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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: 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…
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PAT NEAL: De-extincting our salmon
WHO SAYS THERE’S no good news? Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based company, announced the birth of three dire wolf…
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PAT NEAL: A homesteader’s journal
SPRINGTIME MUST BE my favorite time of year. When even though the days are getting longer, there aren’t…
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PAT NEAL: The April Fools’ fallout
HOW WAS YOUR April Fools’ Day? Mine was the best ever. Like other holidays, April Fools’ Day requires…
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PAT NEAL: Highway history on the Peninsula
BUILDING ROADS ON the Olympic Peninsula has always been a challenge. In the days before roads, people traveled…
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PAT NEAL: The road report
IT TAKES A big man to admit you’re wrong. Unfortunately, I am not that man. While I’d never…
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PAT NEAL: No answer is an answer
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. Demonstrators flooded the streets of Port Angeles, making their voices…
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YOUR VIEW: Forest service workers perform important work
ON BEHALF OF myself and not the federal agency I currently work for, I’d like to share a…
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PAT NEAL: Fix the road
IT’S ONLY FEBRUARY, but our Olympic Peninsula tourist season has already started.