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Mount St. Helens

A helicopter flies past a &quot;slab&quot; of the freshest rock on the planet midway through Mount St.

The calmest eruption

A helicopter flies past a &quot;slab&quot; of the freshest rock on the planet midway through Mount St.

April 2, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

More than anything, scientists say, Mount St. Helens' 2004-2008 dome-building eruption showed the world how gentle a killer can become. Read story

Stunning views of Mount St. Helens drew a loyal following of cabin owners, Boy Scout campers, hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts to the shores of Spirit Lake.

Reliving the spirit of Spirit Lake

Stunning views of Mount St. Helens drew a loyal following of cabin owners, Boy Scout campers, hikers and other outdoor enthusiasts to the shores of Spirit Lake.

April 2, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

There are pictures of Sandy Ford sunbathing atop a snowdrift in her halter top and shorts. And the story of the woodpecker boring into the second floor of the family cabin. Not to mention the unforgettable sight of pre-eruption Mount St. Helens filling the front window. But what the Ford… Read story

The Vancouver skyline sported the Lucky Lager logo and downtown sported the brewery's unmistakable aroma.

1980: Cultural wasteland

The Vancouver skyline sported the Lucky Lager logo and downtown sported the brewery's unmistakable aroma.

April 2, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

Gasoline was expensive. Home mortgage interest rates were stratospheric. "The Dukes of Hazzard" was a top-rated TV show and Burt Reynolds was the number one box office draw. So what exactly do we miss about 1980? Read story

Boiling with the ash cloud from St.

‘The world is coming to an end’

Boiling with the ash cloud from St.

April 2, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

Recollections of May 18, 1980, shared by Columbian readers as part of our 25th anniversary coverage in 2005. Read story

“A very strange and unforgettable day”

April 2, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Ash fallout intercepts married couple on drive back home from Spokane. Read story

An eruption? “Yeah, right Dad.”

April 2, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Skeptical teenager sees history from her yard. Read story

Her husband survived brush with death

April 2, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted

Camping site in the "safe" zone turned out to be in the blast zone. Read story

Widowed three years earlier and living in a well-worn lodge overrun with cats, Harry Truman lived out his days in St.

The old man and the mountain

Widowed three years earlier and living in a well-worn lodge overrun with cats, Harry Truman lived out his days in St.

April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

If a screenwriter had written a character like Harry Truman into the script of a volcano movie, it would have been scorned as a contrived and low-budget idea. But there he was, in the flesh, as chiseled as the bark of an old-growth fir, liquored up by his whiskey-and-Cokes, and… Read story

The victims of Mount St. Helens

April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

These are the 57 people who lost their lives in the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Read story

Retired Woodland Police Chief Grover Laseke worked two straight weeks, including search-and-rescue operations and body recoveries, as a Lewis County deputy sheriff after the eruption of Mount St.

Young deputy helped search for survivors and victims for weeks after May 18 blast

Retired Woodland Police Chief Grover Laseke worked two straight weeks, including search-and-rescue operations and body recoveries, as a Lewis County deputy sheriff after the eruption of Mount St.

April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News

For Grover Laseke, the eruption of Mount St. Helens wasn't a spectacle. It was a grueling, dangerous, serious job. Grueling as a trek through ash-blasted wasteland, dangerous as a car crash, serious as a body bag: all part of his job in the days following May 18, 1980. Read story