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Pine Creek station’s 30 years celebrated
PINE CREEK STATION — More than 60 current and former Pine Creek employees attended the 30th anniversary of the Pine Creek station on Saturday. In the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument area,...
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Keeping an eye on volcanoes
A dozen scientists from around the world are in Vancouver to learn about monitoring hazardous volcanoes. On Wednesday, that actually meant learning about batteries and solar panels. After all, you...
View ArticleVolunteers are needed to tend volcano trails
Last winter took a toll on trails around Southwest Washington, and the Mount St. Helens Institute and the Washington Trails Association are asking for volunteers to help clean them up at the volcano....
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OMSI exhibit shows volcanic destruction of Pompeii 2,000 years ago
PORTLAND — The body casts of people who were killed 1,938 years ago testify to the deadly history of volcanoes. Those human forms represent the final moments of six unfortunate residents of Pompeii who...
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1,100 scientists descend on Mount St. Helens for ‘field trip’
LONGVIEW — Normally, when more than a thousand scientists flock to a volcano, something horrible has just happened. But the hordes of researchers who swarmed to Mount St. Helens on Wednesday were just...
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Exploratory mining permit for near Mount St. Helens advances
Exploratory mining near Mount St. Helens is now one step closer to happening. The U.S. Forest Service found no reason to object to an application by Ascot Resources Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., to prospect...
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Mount St. Helens guru retires
LONGVIEW — Peter Frenzen has worked at Mount St. Helens for 35 years, yet he still lights up talking about the mountain. “I’ve been many places in the world, and maybe I’m biased, but maybe the coolest...
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Scientists listen in on volcano’s inner workings
Scientists have been listening to Mount St. Helens for decades, and yet the rumbling volcano still holds many secrets about its subterranean activities. However, a recent experiment using a new...
View ArticleMount St. Helens sky, star party features set
TOUTLE — A public sky and star party is planned for this weekend at Mount St. Helens. The public will have the opportunity to hear stories from former NASA Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger,...
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City council candidate Campbell ‘in his last days’
Vancouver City Council candidate Scott Campbell, who has been battling cancer for several years, is not expected to survive the week. According to an announcement from Campbell’s family on his...
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Vancouver residents featured in film about St. Helens blast
UPDATE: Changed the time of Monday’s airtime to 4 p.m. Fay Blackburn lost her husband, Reid Blackburn, on Mount St. Helens in 1980. Geologist Richard Waitt spent 35 years collecting accounts from 400...
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Road to Mount St. Helens to close for winter Sunday
People who want to see the volcanic crater of Mount St. Helens from the Johnston Ridge Observatory this year have one more weekend to enjoy that view. The upper reaches of the Spirit Lake Memorial...
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Report: Update volcano hazard plan
LONGVIEW — A report released Friday suggests that a wider array of choices should be considered for the long-term stability of Spirit Lake to ensure that it does not breach its volcanic debris dam and...
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Cluster of earthquakes near Mount St. Helens felt throughout region
A series of earthquakes originating near Mount St. Helens early Wednesday was felt throughout Clark County and as far away as Seattle, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first earthquake hit...
View ArticleVolcano Rescue Team seeks volunteers
YACOLT — The North Country EMS Volcano Rescue Team, the group of volunteers that helps hikers and climbers in distress on Mount St. Helens, is looking for new recruits. The team provides quick search...
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Tales of survival during Mount St. Helens eruption part of PBS series
Help from above saved campers “Don’t waste a miracle.” That’s what Sue Nystrom tells herself when she considers her narrow escape that Sunday morning on Mount St. Helens. Nystrom and her boyfriend were...
View ArticleMount St. Helens climbing permits on sale Feb. 1
The 2018 Mount St. Helens climbing permits go on sale at 9 a.m. Feb. 1. Permits are required from April 1 to Oct. 31. Permits also are required for anyone traveling above 4,800 feet year-round. They...
View ArticlePark rangers lead Mount St. Helens programs
State park rangers are leading a series of programs, including some that focus on the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, at two adjacent sites just east of Interstate 5 near Castle Rock. The summer...
View ArticleSpirit Lake study committee selected
MOUNT ST. HELENS — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine chose a 10-person committee to develop a decision-making framework related to the long-term management of the Spirit...
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Forest Service asks visitors to treat Ape Cave with TLC
The popularity of Mount St. Helens as a tourist destination, combined with its proximity to the Seattle and Portland areas, make the Ape Cave a well-known and well-trodden feature of the area. But with...
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