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POINT OF VIEW: Recompete grant projects unfold across region
WHAT DOES IT take to strengthen the economy of a region and transform the livelihoods of those who…
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PAT NEAL: The joys of summer fishing
IT’S SUMMERTIME AND the fishing is easy. The fishing might not be any better than in the winter,…
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Your view: State betrays trust of Clallam County taxpayers
CLALLAM COUNTY TAXPAYERS are victims of Olympia politics once again.
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PAT NEAL: The problem with cougars
ONE OF THE most popular questions that we in the trenches of the tourist industry routinely answer is,…
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PAT NEAL: Fire Season
IT’S THAT TIME of year we star gazers wait for. When we journey to the mountain tops to…
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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: 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: 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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