September 13, 2022, 4:28pm Clark County News
The Kalama Fire was burning at 112 acres in size Tuesday, southeast of the Kalama Horse Camp, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the south side of Mount St.… Read story
August 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
Middle-school girls shouted over one another as they compared plastic jugs filled with the sediment-laden water — and smattering of insects — they had collected from an outlet of Coldwater… 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
August 8, 2022, 7:52am Latest News
Efforts to revitalize Mount St. Helens has more support now that a nonprofit outdoor group got a federal permit to help develop outdoor camping, learning and stargazing opportunities at a visitor’s center overlooking Coldwater Lake. Read story
August 7, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life
A bit sizzly up there on the surface, is it? Why not hang out down here, underground, with us supremely cool apes? Read story
May 17, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life
Wednesday marks the 42nd anniversary of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens. Read story
April 29, 2022, 10:25am Clark County News
A large-scale plan to develop the center at Coldwater Ridge for education, recreation and tourism activities moved forward Wednesday when the Forest Service issued the Mount St. Helens Institute a 30-year operating permit for the site. Read story
January 28, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News
Local governments and federal agencies are signing off on an agreement to collaboratively work on the future of Spirit Lake, the Cowlitz River and other waterways still affected by the aftermath of the Mount St. Helens eruption. Read story
July 21, 2021, 7:45pm Clark County News
An Army lieutenant who went missing Sunday while hiking near Mount St. Helens was found dead Wednesday afternoon in the Mount Whittier area. Read story
May 18, 2021, 7:43am Latest News
The COVID-19 pandemic is once again making most events commemorating the 41st anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens virtual, but the mountain itself slowly is becoming open to the public as snow melts and pandemic restrictions ease. Read story
May 18, 2021, 6:00am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Arzil “Ray” Stone stood on his patch of downward-sloping yard in Ridgefield as he looked over a valley holding the snaking East Fork of the Lewis River. He raised his 1970s Konica camera to his eye, looked through the viewfinder, adjusted the aperture and shutter speed and clicked the button. Read story
