May 18, 2020, 5:59am Northwest
It began with a striking image on the front page of The Seattle Times on Friday, June 5, 1987. Read story
May 17, 2020, 6:06am Clark County News
On the morning of May 18, 1980, research geologist Richard Waitt got a call from a Vancouver friend telling him a giant cloud was approaching the city from nearby Mount… Read story
On May 18th, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted killing 57 people and changing the way residents of the Northwest viewed the volcano in their midst. For the last 40 years, The Columbian has written about every aspect of the eruption — the people who died, including Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn, the survivors, the scientists, the tourists and the life that has slowly returned to the mountain. We have gathered our stories, along with reader recollections from over the years, here. The Longview Daily News also has a page dedicated to Mount St. Helens.
Mount St. Helens: Reid Blackburn and an array of equipment were lost; a notebook survived
Helicopters to hell
Caring for the injured
May 24, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Life
It was May 18, 1980, and I received a phone call from my husband, Cecil, a merchant mariner captain who had been at sea for about four months and was returning to his home port in Seattle. He liked me to meet his ship at the dock whenever he returned, and we’d celebrate his homecoming with a mini-vacation. Read story
May 17, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News
Another eruption of Mount St. Helens is not only likely, it’s pretty much a certainty. Read story
May 16, 2020, 7:30pm Newsletter
Greg Wallace secretly hoped the aftermath of volcanic ash was covered under his Subaru wagon’s 50,000-mile warranty. Read story
May 9, 2020, 5:59am Clark County News
The Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, state Highway 504, will remain closed for the time being, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Read story
May 8, 2020, 1:52pm Latest News
LONGVIEW — Developed recreation sites in national forests should start to reopen some later this month, but the Johnston Ridge Observatory near Mount St. Helens will remain closed during the 40th anniversary of the volcano’s eruption for the first time since the facility opened in 1993. Read story
May 4, 2020, 6:02am Latest News
Humans rarely get a chance to see rivers arise and fade away. But four decades ago at Mount St. Helens, scientists watched one die and be reborn in the same day. Read story
April 27, 2020, 6:00am Latest News
LONGVIEW — Castle Rock sophomore Logan Sutera has long known about the significance of Mount St. Helens. But after participating in research on the mountain, he said he’s learned that there’s far more to the neighborhood volcano than meets the eye. Read story
April 25, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News
While we journalists have been mostly thinking about covering the novel coronavirus and all of its implications, we are also thinking about how to cover the 40th anniversary of the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens. Read story
