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 ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m ...

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

On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history.

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

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 ...

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57 people died in the eruption, but the disaster gave scientists a way to develop monitoring tools, improving their ability ...

The U.S. Forest Service wants to keep history from repeating itself at Mount St. Helens ... flooding at the largest lake created by the volcano’s 1980 eruption, Spirit Lake.

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 ...