A FREDS GUNS advertisement on Page A10 Sunday contained a message saying “Vote on I-1639.” It didn’t reflect the advertiser’s wishes. FREDS Guns had intended… Continue reading
The changes in the Elwha River have been astounding since the two fish-blocking dams came down. The river has been freed to its wild state,… Continue reading
MUCH OF THE talk of tariffs and trade wars has centered on the Trump administration’s decision to pursue increased taxes on some international supplies of… Continue reading
something generally viewed as a character flaw — for… Continue reading
WE NEED TO yell our heads off. The Trump administration has proposed that entrance
fees be raised nearly three times from $25 per carload to… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The WDFW, aka the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, or “We Destroy Fishing in Washington” depending… Continue reading
AT ESALEN, ONE of Earth’s most glorious spots perched on California’s Big Sur Coast, we sat wearing long faces. Our teacher, the graceful Cida Vieira… Continue reading
IT WAS DAYLIGHT in the swamp. Something had gone terribly wrong. There was an ominous silence with no reassuring splatter of rain drops hitting the… Continue reading
By Colleen McAleer Economic Development Corp. Brrrr!!! February. It may be the shortest and coldest month of the year but it holds the promise of… Continue reading
Lawmakers and transit agency leaders are still far apart on how to reduce the cost of those tabs.
SITTING ON THE table is $18.4 million in already collected state taxpayer funds available to be spent on new school buildings in Port Angeles. But… Continue reading
I SLIDE OPEN the door and enter the sanctuary. A fragrance says buenos dias: a scent from Ecuador. Canopied forest. Green river valley. Yet here… Continue reading
IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. Blizzards, floods and wind hit so hard this wilderness gossip columnist got a case of the carpal… Continue reading
They’ve introduced 1,341 bills. It’s time they started focusing on the ones that matter most.
COMMON SENSE, CONCERN for our entire community’s welfare and frugality guide our opposition to Port Angeles School District’s $52 million levy proposal increasing PASD property… Continue reading
IT’S BEEN ANOTHER tough week in the news. The Upper Hoh Road washed out again. This popular entrance to Olympic National Park welcomes over 80,000… Continue reading
Our Port Angeles community is generous and spirited. I’ve asked myself again, why we are not investing in our Port Angeles Schools? Let me take… Continue reading
BY NOW WE are all fed up with know-it-all newspaper columnists telling us what the most important events of the last
10 years were. Anything… Continue reading
IT’S JANUARY, THE time of reflections on the past and promises for the future. The Babylonians were the first people to make New Year’s promises… Continue reading
THREE BABIES ATTENDED the first meeting of Jefferson Healthcare’s task force on child care. I’ve been a member of, or facilitated, hundreds of task forces… Continue reading
