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Mount St. Helens

Debris slide closes Spirit Lake Highway; dozen people, dog airlifted from observatory

May 15, 2023, 6:55pm News

A dozen people and a dog were airlifted Monday from Johnston Ridge Observatory near Mount St. Helens after a debris slide blocked both directions of state Highway 504, according to the King County Sheriff’s Air Support Unit’s Twitter. Read story

Highway 504 to Mount St. Helens to reopen at noon today

May 4, 2023, 5:58am Clark County News

Highway 504 to Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory reopens at noon today. Read story

Items carried by Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn on May 18, 1980 are going to be loaned to Washington State Parks for a new display on the eruption of Mount St. Helens, as seen Tuesday, February 7, 2022.

From the Newsroom: Photo gear loaned to Mount St. Helens’ exhibit

Items carried by Columbian photographer Reid Blackburn on May 18, 1980 are going to be loaned to Washington State Parks for a new display on the eruption of Mount St. Helens, as seen Tuesday, February 7, 2022.

February 25, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

We’ve been working on an interesting side project here for a month or so. I thought you might find it interesting, too. Read story

The Mount St. Helens Institute is working with Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, to secure legislative approval for a Mount St. Helens license plate. (Courtesy of Mount St.

Orcutt, other lawmakers back bills creating special Mount St. Helens license plate

The Mount St. Helens Institute is working with Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, to secure legislative approval for a Mount St. Helens license plate. (Courtesy of Mount St.

January 31, 2023, 2:02pm Clark County Politics

The Mount St. Helens Institute last week announced its campaign for a special license plate featuring the image of Mount St. Helens is back on track. Read story

Mount St. Helens puffs away in this view from the Pumice Plain between the volcano and Spirit Lake. The U.S. Forest Service's plan to build a road through Spirit Lake's Pumice Plain is set to move forward this summer.

Federal appeals court upholds decision allowing Spirit Lake access road

Mount St. Helens puffs away in this view from the Pumice Plain between the volcano and Spirit Lake. The U.S. Forest Service's plan to build a road through Spirit Lake's Pumice Plain is set to move forward this summer.

October 26, 2022, 8:10am Latest News

Last week, a U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower ruling dismissing challenges to a project that includes building a temporary road through Mount St. Helens’ Pumice Plain. Read story

Kalama Fire, southeast of Kalama Horse Camp, reaches 112 acres in size

September 13, 2022, 4:28pm Clark County News

The Kalama Fire was burning at 112 acres in size Tuesday, southeast of the Kalama Horse Camp, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on the south side of Mount St. Helens. Read story

Aubrey Gay, 13, of Ridgefield, front, hikes through the thick brush at Coldwater Lake while hauling sediment samples collected during the GeoGirls outdoor volcano science program summer camp on Wednesday morning.

GeoGirls all shook up at Mount St. Helens geology, tech camp

Aubrey Gay, 13, of Ridgefield, front, hikes through the thick brush at Coldwater Lake while hauling sediment samples collected during the GeoGirls outdoor volcano science program summer camp on Wednesday morning.

August 16, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Middle-school girls shouted over one another as they compared plastic jugs filled with the sediment-laden water — and smattering of insects — they had collected from an outlet of Coldwater Lake. Read story

Coldwater Lake is one of several worthwhile stops on the way to Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory.

Planned timber lodges, amphitheater at Coldwater Lake could revive Mount St. Helens tourism, local leaders say

Coldwater Lake is one of several worthwhile stops on the way to Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory.

August 8, 2022, 7:52am Latest News

Efforts to revitalize Mount St. Helens has more support now that a nonprofit outdoor group got a federal permit to help develop outdoor camping, learning and stargazing opportunities at a visitor’s center overlooking Coldwater Lake. Read story

Occasionally it seems as tight as a subway tunnel. Other times it feels as vast as a cathedral. Visitor headlamps and flashlights illuminate the walls of Ape Cave in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

Ape Cave makes for dark, cold, creepy adventure in Gifford Pinchot

Occasionally it seems as tight as a subway tunnel. Other times it feels as vast as a cathedral. Visitor headlamps and flashlights illuminate the walls of Ape Cave in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

August 7, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

A bit sizzly up there on the surface, is it? Why not hang out down here, underground, with us supremely cool apes? Read story

Mount St. Helens' most recent eruption began in 2004 and continued until 2008.

Events mark 42nd anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption

Mount St. Helens' most recent eruption began in 2004 and continued until 2008.

May 17, 2022, 6:05am Clark County Life

Wednesday marks the 42nd anniversary of the cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens. Read story