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A Life in the Blast Zone: The Man You Call When Your Volcano’s About to Blow

In 1978, a college student in Wisconsin read a new government report that made a surprising prediction: the “quiet interval” at Mount St. Helens was about to end, “perhaps even before the end of this century.”

Hunting & Fishing Report: Paying the Toll in a Season of Distractions

Saggy skin jack-o-lanterns mope forgotten on the porch. Their gaping maws gather raindrop tears and serve as rotting sarcophagi for drowned fruit flies. Their blackened insides long for the light that once made them shine special and self-assured through the darkest nights.

Local Students Build ‘Wreaths of Hope’ for Weekend Charity Event

Hub City Supply was filled with half-finished wreaths and tables covered in green needles Monday afternoon. Sybil Kuhn and her team of Centralia High School and W.F. West students spent the day crafting wreaths for the ‘Wreaths of Hope’ charity event to take place this Saturday.

Moeller Commentary: You Win Some, You Lose Some

As I may have mentioned before, my personal deadline for submitting columns is noon on Tuesday, so I wasn’t able to comment on last week’s election in last Thursday’s column. I’ve never before seen such an effort from so many people to set records for the lowest common denominator. Half tru…