Harry Truman, who owned the Mount St. Helens Lodge on Spirit Lake near the mountain, refused to move, even as an eruption appeared more imminent. On May 18, 1980, the mountain erupted with a force ...

In remembrance of the 325th anniversary of the last time the Cascadia Subduction Zone lost its grip, on Jan. 26, 1700, wreaking havoc on the Oregon Coast, a wave-height rerun about the “Eight of the ...

The Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center, near Coldwater Lake west of Johnston Ridge, was built in 1993 and closed to the public in 2007. The Mount St. Helens Institute partnered with the Forest Service ...

The Cowlitz County coroner has named the Seattle woman who jumped off a bridge along Spirit Lake Memorial ... in Toutle and on the route to Mount St. Helens. People can call or text 988 24/7 ...

If you’re in search of the best things to do in Washington, boy, do we have you covered! After countless visits ...

About two hours south, the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center is slated ... Unfortunately, the mountain’s Spirit Lake Highway won’t reopen past milepost 45 until 2027, pending repair from a ...

For many, the word “eruption” brings to mind 1980 when Mount Saint Helens demonstrated that the Washington Cascades are one of the most volcanically active parts of the country. Mount Saint ...

Mount St. Helens Institute recently announced that Abi Groskopf and Alyssa Hoyt began serving as co-executive directors Jan. 1.