It was a quiet Sunday morning, at 8:32 a.m., 38 years ago when Mount St. Helens blew its top, sending tons of ash into the sky. The volcano had been quiet since the 1850s, but in 1980, geologists were ...

Before the mountain erupted and buried her family's lodge under 500 feet of mud, people from as far as Portland and Seattle would drive over hill and dale for a slice of Mariam E. Smith's pie. The ...

As they search a rugged post-eruption landscape in a quest for answers, amateur archeologists unearth new details about what happened on Mount St. Helens on May 18,1980. Their efforts reveal a deeper ...

Editor's note: This column was first published Feb. 26, 2023. It has been updated to reflect former President Carter's death. Former President Jimmy Carter’s death Dec. 29, 2024, at 100 led to ...

On the morning of May 18, 1980, photographer Robert Landsburg hiked 7 miles from the summit of Mount St. Helens in the Cascades mountain range. As the lens of his camera viewed the snowy cap of the ...

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.

Mount St. Helens in Washington State was once the "Mount Fuji of America"—admired for its symmetrical cone shape similar to Japan's highest peak. It was a popular Pacific Northwest destination, ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s move to hospice has led to recollections of his tenure as president and his diplomatic and humanitarian work. When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, blanketing Central ...

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 ...