April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
The cockpit of the HH-1H Huey helicopter was silent as the crew surveyed the steaming hell of ash, gases and volcanic debris below. Mike Cooney, a pararescueman with the Air Force Reserve's elite 304th Rescue Squadron, then based in Portland, knew at once that anyone who had been down there… Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
What Sandy Vaughan found awaiting her at work at 10 p.m. defied logic. "It was a strange, strange feeling," the Vancouver nurse said. "Whoever thought you would be taking care of a volcano victim? Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
In the spring of 1980, as Mount St. Helens rumbled, Trixie Anders was among the hundreds of visitors who were drawn like moths to the flame. "I was hoping to see an eruption," she said. Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
After sitting around their campfire until 3 a.m., Danny Jay Balch and Brian Thomas were sleeping in. Balch was jolted awake, and he realized something was happening when he saw his friend's face. Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens was more than just a major news story for the staff of The Columbian. It carried a painful personal toll. Fay Blackburn lost her husband, and The Columbian lost one of its own. Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am Clark County News
In the late summer of 1991, Rick Hoblitt stepped out of a hulking Soviet helicopter in a mountainous stretch of Russian wilderness. Hoblitt took in the 9,453-foot peak looming on the horizon. A veteran volcanologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Hoblitt had been dispatched to this corner of Russia's remote… Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Even after 20 years, Spokane native was finding remains of the ash in her mother's backyard. Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Eruption put a damper on outdoor fun. Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
"We were certainly fortunate the blast went to the northeast rather than south." Read story
April 1, 2010, 12:00am User Submitted
Her mom wrote "ASH" on her car - and accidentally scratched the word into the paint. Read story
