May 5, 2016, 6:04am Clark County News
The 36th anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens will be remembered at the Johnston Ridge Observatory Theater with a presentation on the latest scientific research on the volcano, as well as the mountain goats that inhabit the area. Read story
March 21, 2016, 5:37pm Clark County News
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is opposed to exploratory drilling near Mount St. Helens and she's urging the U.S. Forest Service to deny a request for such activity. Read story
February 11, 2016, 9:15pm Clark County News
The public will have another opportunity to comment on a proposed exploratory drilling permit near Mount St. Helens. Read story
January 27, 2016, 6:05am Clark County News
To the chagrin of environmental groups, a Canadian mining company has renewed its efforts to perform exploratory drilling in the Green River valley north of Mount St. Helens. Read story
November 9, 2015, 9:30am Latest News
COUGAR -- The first new hiking trail at Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in two decades opened in 2014 and delivered something that had been missing in the Ape Cave area: A view of the volcano. Hence, the thoughtful name for the short trail. Read story
November 6, 2015, 9:30pm Clark County News
LONGVIEW -- Scientists have released the first results of a pioneering, $3 million study of the plumbing below Mount St. Helens, and they shed light on how the volcano may have erupted in 1980. Read story
October 7, 2015, 6:02am Clark County News
U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Tuesday introduced a bill aimed at improving volcano monitoring systems in the United States, including the Northwest. Read story
October 2, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News
When an 11th-hour funding bill kept the federal government from shutting down this week, it didn’t keep every federal program intact. In approving the measure, Congress failed to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Environmental groups, outdoor advocates and others reacted with dismay to the news, noting the program… Read story
September 21, 2015, 9:49am Clark County News
Following the recent Mount McKinley/Denali name transition, we recently explored the likelihood of our local volcano being renamed to follow Northwest tribal traditions. Read story
September 6, 2015, 6:00am Clark County News
Some call her Lawetlat'la, a Cowlitz name that translates to "The Smoker." Others might use Loowit. Read story
