PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — The 45th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens happens Sunday, May 18, 2025. The eruption heard across the globe happened 45 years ago on May 18, 1980. The loss of ...

Since 1996, scientists, researchers, staff and volunteers at Mount St. Helens Institute have been working to educate students and visitors about the mountain’s unique volcanic landscape. Despite recen ...

To residents of a certain age, it almost seems like it was yesterday. But Sunday, remarkably, marks the 45th anniversary of a cataclysmic explosion on Mount St. Helens. In a matter of seconds on the c ...

Stunning, historic front-page coverage from The Oregonian reporters Les Zaitz and Steve Jenning reports the confusion and ...

The route follows single-track mountain bike trails, unpaved roads and 4×4 tracks through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest ...

Parks staff say new exhibits will center the eruption in the ongoing story of the mountain rather than treating it as a ...

Mount St. Helens erupted, causing immense devastation and loss of life. The eruption, triggered by an earthquake, destroyed ...

Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago Sunday when the sleeping giant woke up and eru ...

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...