Strong winds across parts of Washington state have kicked up volcanic ash deposited during the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.

Saturday marks the 44-year anniversary of Mount St. Helens' eruption in Washington. The blast on May 18, 1980, is the worst volcanic eruption in U.S. history, killing 57 people and spewing 520 million ...

CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — In this week's Let's Get Out There, it's been 43 years since the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. We look back at how the landscape changed back then, and how it continues to ...

This week, I received a Facebook message from Sam Smith of Ayer, who wanted to know if The Sun was interested in some old newspaper articles he found in the ceiling of a rental property in Ayer. Given ...

CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY — 'First, Mt. Saint Helens is NOT erupting.' That was the message from the National Weather Service office in Portland this morning. NWS says volcanic ash from when Mt. St ...

SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash. — It has been 40 years since the violent eruption of Mount St. Helens. Since then, it has become a giant research project that continues to teach scientists and researchers from ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS, Wash. (KGO) -- For two months in 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state experienced of series of earthquakes and small explosions. Then on May 18, 1980 at 8:32a.m., the volcano ...

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted, killing 57 people, blasting more than 1,300 feet off its peak and raining volcanic ash for miles around. A magnitude-5.1 earthquake hit ...

A debate is stirring in Southwest Washington over how to manage ongoing impacts from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

It was long known to the people living in the Cascades that the mountains had a volcanic origin. Pacific Northwest Indians regarded the Cascade volcanoes as warrior gods who would sometimes throw ...

MT. ST. HELENS, Wash. -- No, Mt. St. Helens is not erupting, but to many in Washington and northern Oregon, it sure looked like the volcano had suddenly reawakened Tuesday afternoon as strong winds ...