Mount St. Helens

The Columbia Theatre in Longview, Washington, is celebrating its centennial. Theater officials say the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens saved it from demolition.

The human-engineered tunnel draining Spirit Lake on Mount St. Helens is buckling. If the tunnel burst, it could send millions of gallons of water into towns below.

The famous Washington volcano served as a base camp for 20 middle and high school girls who were exploring the vast field of geology.

Officials say a dozen people and a dog were evacuated from an observatory near Mount St. Helens by helicopter after a landslide blocked a nearby highway. On Monday, state transportation officials said that drivers should plan for an extended closure.

Jack Smith, an Associated Press photographer who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill and the Olympics during his 35-year career with the news organization, has died. He was 80.

The U.S. Forest Service has okayed a plan to develop what would be the first overnight tourist facilities within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, including camping, cabins and a lodge.

“An improving trend” is in store this Memorial Day weekend. The clouds, rain and cool temperatures we’ve been experiencing over the past several days will…

I found the record in a thrift shop not long ago. I think the 1970s-style cover art is what caught my eye: the painted likeness of an old man in a flannel…

A group of Northwest scientists are sprinkling the landscape around Mount St. Helens with high-tech sensors as part of a new effort to map the volcano’s…

Scientists monitoring Mount St. Helens confirmed Wednesday that magma is on the rise and "re-pressurizing" the volcano in southwest Washington.However,…