Thousands of logs were washed into Spirit Lake after the eruption of Mount St. Helens and have stayed there for 44 years. Courtesy of US Forest Service Meanwhile, Spirit Lake continues to settle ...

According to the USGS, Mount St. Helens is the most active volcano in the lower 48 states and the most likely in the Cascades ...

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

Explore how the landscape of southwest Washington still bears the scars of the Mount St. Helens eruption 45 years later, ...

KING 5 Meteorologist Rich Marriott was working at Mount St. Helens in the days leading up to and following the eruption. The ...

KING 5's Rich Marriott was working for the Northwest Avalanche Center when Mount St. Helens erupted. He was part of the team that surveyed damage via helicopter.

WSDOT says work is expected to wrap up in summer 2026, but once the road is open, the U.S. Forest Service must restore power ...

None of this should surprise us. Even on a human scale, St. Helens is an ecosystem trying to find equilibrium. What I remember from my swim in Spirit Lake is not a sunken forest but an underwater ...

This striking satellite photo shows the unusual shape of Spirit Lake, which was transformed into a giant anatomically inaccurate heart by the explosive eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

The United States Forest Service has begun considering options for what to do with a 40-year-old tunnel built at Spirit Lake ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain closed to the public until at least 2026 due to road repairs on Spirit Lake Highway, a Washington State Department of ...

He remembers meeting Harry Truman, the owner of the Mount St. Helens Lodge on Spirit Lake. Truman, 84, gained international fame by refusing to leave his property. Marriott spoke with Truman 10 ...