THE SIGNS OF the impending season are unmistakable and should not be ignored. The vine maples are red. The cottonwood trees are yellow. The old… Continue reading
THE RISING COST of food is on everyone’s mind these days. On the Olympic Peninsula, it’s clear how prices have crept up across the board… Continue reading
AUTUMN IS A beautiful time to enjoy the Olympic Peninsula. The changing colors of the leaves in the lowlands beneath a dusting of fresh snow… Continue reading
IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the water when I awakened to a nightmare that was all too real. A blurred vision on a pounding deck with… Continue reading
WHAT DOES IT take to strengthen the economy of a region and transform the livelihoods of those who live there? With the help of a… Continue reading
IT’S SUMMERTIME AND the fishing is easy. The fishing might not be any better than in the winter, but it never snows in summer and… Continue reading
CLALLAM COUNTY TAXPAYERS are victims of Olympia politics once again. A front-page story in the May 8, 1936, edition of the Port Angeles Evening News… Continue reading
ONE OF THE most popular questions that we in the trenches of the tourist industry routinely answer is, “Are cougars dangerous?” This is a perfectly… Continue reading
IT’S THAT TIME of year we star gazers wait for. When we journey to the mountain tops to witness the best meteor shower of the… Continue reading
IT’S THE SIMPLE pleasures of camping that I enjoy most. There’s the smell of burning driftwood and watching the sparks from the fire shoot up… Continue reading
I THOUGHT I had died and gone to blackberry heaven. It all started when I fell into a hole in a brush-covered slash pit. This… Continue reading
WHEN VIEWED THROUGH the lens of history, today’s current events are no mystery. In last week’s column, we tore the dirty laundry from the seamy… Continue reading
THANK YOU FOR reading this. Sometimes I think if you didn’t read this ,no one would, but you do. I know this from all of… Continue reading
NOW THAT THE tourists are here, it’s easy to remember why there’s a season on them. The Olympic Peninsula is a recreational wonderland that encompasses… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news, but what do you expect? It’s summertime and the living is far from easy if you are… Continue reading
THERE’S A MAJOR miracle happening now, and you won’t read about it anywhere but here. This incredible event happens yearly hereabouts, but it is not… Continue reading
I’VE LIVED IN this community for almost three years now. I know, that’s a flash in the pan compared to most of you. But in… Continue reading
DRIVING AROUND THE old hometown can make you feel old. Gone are the days when the food in our markets was raised just down the… Continue reading
THIS IS A story about wilderness pests. It is told as a warning to others. I remember this disturbing episode like it was yesterday. Because… Continue reading
THERE’S A LITTLE piece of history blooming now right along U.S. Highway 101, a few miles south of Forks. The camas are blooming. In 1806,… Continue reading
