Inside the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Wash., SALI the robot weighs small crucibles holding sediment. SALI stands for Sediment Analysis Laboratory Instrument. “This is the modern legacy ...

What started as an emergency fix following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens is in need of a more permanent plan, and the U.S. Forest Service is asking for public input on how they should approach ...

This activity is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service under Grant No. 16-DG-11261952-008. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this ...

It’s been three years since a massive landslide took out part of the highway leading to a Mount St. Helens observatory, and now repairs are finally underway for that key stretch of highway. On ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Spirit Lake, located just north of Mount St. Helens, is at risk of overflowing after engineers found the lake's drainage tunnel is shrinking. The Spirit Lake Tunnel was built ...

I am KOIN 6 Meteorologist Steve Pierce. I'm a third-generation and native resident of Vancouver, Washington, who personally lived through the eruption of Mount Saint Helens on May 18, 1980. As I ...

Sunday marks 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state. The deadly eruption happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 1980, following months of small explosions and earthquakes.

The story you're about to see is something truly special, because beneath the ash that fell from Mount St. Helens on May 18th, 1980, are clues to some mysteries that have never been fully solved. So ...