Don’t panic, stay calm BY NOW I think we’ve all had it up to here with health experts telling us not to panic over the… Continue reading
Nature is both more loved and more ignored than ever before. Less than 1 percent of the state’s general fund goes to support natural resource… Continue reading
I HELD MY breath. It was almost midnight. My compañera, Jess, had ridden her horse into a situation that could mean the end of her… Continue reading
LISTENING TO PEOPLE complain about the weather on the Olympic Peninsula is evidence we’ve evolved into a nation of wimps. To hear the horrors of… Continue reading
DUE TO THE state Department of Natural Resources increasing marbled murrelet habitat conservation, Clallam County will see significantly lower timber harvests from state-owned timber lands… Continue reading
JERRY CORNFIELD
With revenues rising, budget writers are going to get lots of requests on how to spend it
WE CAN’T AFFORD to let our schools fall apart. Opponents of the Port Angeles School District’s five-year $52.6 million capital levy on the Feb. 11… Continue reading
On Friday, the first of some 420,000 federal workers nationwide received paychecks with zeros where their wages used to be. On Tuesday, more federal workers… Continue reading
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
