PAT NEAL: What Thanksgiving means to me

THANK YOU FOR reading this. Writing our nation’s only wilderness gossip column is not easy. It took me years to become an overnight success with… Continue reading

 

Carolyn Edge.

First year of Recompete data shows projects gaining momentum

OCTOBER MARKED ONE year since the Recompete initiative started, with the goal of creating and connecting people to living-wage jobs on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

 

PAT NEAL: You could be spawned out

MAYBE YOU’VE HAD one of those days. You wake up in the morning and everything hurts. None of your body parts seem to work. You… Continue reading

 

PAT NEAL: This otter work

WHO SAYS THERE’S no good news? Lately, the co-managers of our natural resources have stumbled upon a unique method of dealing with a devastating threat… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A bad day on the river

THIS TIME OF year brings back a lot of memories. These can be triggered by the smell of a driftwood fire on a river- bank,… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The Halloween hunt for Bigfoot

I WON’T BORE you, dear reader(s), with the petty details of my ill-fated, underfunded hunt for Bigfoot that’s led to so much trouble. I could… Continue reading

Funding from the Recompete program has helped First Step expand programs and hours at Family Resource Centers in Port Angeles and Forks.

Helping families thrive with support center

WHAT DOES AFFORDING diapers have to do with employment? If you need childcare, something seemingly as simple as providing diapers can have a huge impact… Continue reading

Funding from the Recompete program has helped First Step expand programs and hours at Family Resource Centers in Port Angeles and Forks.

PAT NEAL: Singing the birdfeeder blues

THIS IS THE season of one of the greatest migrations on Earth happening right now. We’ve all heard of the epic flights of migrating waterfowl… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The great deer hunt of 2025

OPENING DAY. IT’S a day when anything can happen. I was hoping, if for only a brief moment at sunrise, that this season could be… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The great clam hunt of 2025

THIS MUST BE the best autumn weather in years. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, it did with the opening of… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The great mushroom hunt

FALL MUST BE my favorite time of year. Could be because I like the rain? People who love rain are called Pluviophiles or Mossbacks, or… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.

Why Recompete matters for North Olympic Peninsula

IF YOU’VE HEARD that the North Olympic Peninsula is receiving funding through the Recompete grant and aren’t quite sure what it means, you’re not alone.… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.

PAT NEAL: A requiem for a river

IN SEPTEMBER OF 1890, Pvt. Harry Fisher, a member of Lt. Joseph P. O’Neil’s U.S. Army expedition that had been sent to map the interior… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A winter weather prediction

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

Christy Smith.

POINT OF VIEW: When a full cart isn’t an option

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

  • Sep 13, 2025
  • By Christy Smith United Way of Clallam County
  • Clallam County
Christy Smith.

PAT NEAL: Getting the fall chores done

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

PAT NEAL: A proud Peninsula pioneer tradition

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

Carolyn Edge.

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 live there? With the help of a… Continue reading

Carolyn Edge.

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, but it never snows in summer and… Continue reading

Jim Buck.

Your view: State betrays trust of Clallam County taxpayers

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

  • Aug 23, 2025
  • By Jim Buck For Peninsula Daily News
Jim Buck.