March 29, 2021, 4:04pm Latest News
Conservation groups and scientists are challenging a federal decision to build a road through the Mount St. Helens blast zone, saying it would damage more than two dozen decades worth… Read story
March 20, 2021, 5:19am Business
It’s safe to say that the list of jobs out there that might require hiking around a volcano is a short one. 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
February 21, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News
LONGVIEW — Local, state and Army Corps of Engineers officials are planning to dredge the Cowlitz River to lower flood risks until the dam holding back sediment still flowing from Mount St. Helens is raised. Read story
February 6, 2021, 9:50pm Clark County News
A two-car crash hurt seven people on Spirit Lake Highway near Mount St. Helens just after noon Saturday. Read story
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,… Read story
May 18, 2020, 5:59am Northwest
SEATTLE — 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 St. Helens. 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
