One thing that makes the Lassen Peak Trail special is its accessibility within the context of Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Cowlitz River recreational smelt dip fishing was cold, windy and overall fruitful — at least for the people who worked hard ...

City and county leaders in Cowlitz County say sediment from the Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980 is causing flood concerns. Pulte purge: Hundreds replaced amid ethics inquiry I figured out ...

Mount St. Helens looked like it might be erupting again. Commercial pilots flying in the area Tuesday reported clouds of fine volcanic ash rising into the air above the collapsed dome of the Cascades’ ...

Some Pacific Northwesterners woke Tuesday to an unusual sight: A smoky haze shrouded Mount St. Helens, the large, active stratovolcano in Washington state that erupted catastrophically in 1980. But a ...

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 ...

Residents of the Pacific Northwest often cast a wary eye toward Mount St. Helens, but airborne ash this week isn’t a sign of a new eruption. That’s according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which ...

Barry Walker’s steel guitar defines the sound of Portland’s cosmic country scene. Whether with local favorites Rose City Band and Jeffrey Silverstein or spacey instrumental projects like North ...

In 1980, a Washington mountain’s fiery blasts incinerated and flattened the landscape, sending forth mudflows of ash and splintered trees and wiping out entire communities. The 45th anniversary of ...

Tourists scrambled to get away from a volcanic eruption in Italy on June 2. Mount Etna, located on the eastern coast of Sicily and one of Europe's most active volcanoes, sent an ash cloud into the air ...