Stunning, historic front-page coverage from The Oregonian reporters Les Zaitz and Steve Jenning reports the confusion and ...

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...

The 45th anniversary of the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens is on May 18. Here's what to know and when the volcano ...

Color photos shot in 1980 from the cockpit of a Cessna 150 reveal the magnitude of Mount St. Helens' ash and destruction amid ...

The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth ...

We asked for your memories of the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980, and you delivered. Here's what you had to say.

This Sunday marks 45 years since Mount Saint Helens erupted, sending ash from its peak and lava, mud, and debris flowing down ...

Donald Brown is the Lead Scientist for Mount St. Helens with the U.S. Forest Service, and 45 years after the eruption, there are still a few species that have not returned, including Western redback ...

Parks staff say new exhibits will center the eruption in the ongoing story of the mountain rather than treating it as a ...

May 18, 2025, marks the 45th anniversary of Mount St. Helens' eruption — a catastrophic event that transformed the landscape ...

The route follows single-track mountain bike trails, unpaved roads and 4×4 tracks through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest ...

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