The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to start raising a dam used to catch millions of tons of Mount St. Helens sediment that flows each year from the mountain into the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia ...

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...

The simultaneous eruption of multiple volcanoes suggests a vast, interconnected network of magma exists beneath the surface, powered by the intense gravitational pull of Jupiter.

Three decades after the tragedy at Frontier Middle School on Feb. 2, 1996, Moses Lake is still healing – quietly, together ...

New seismic imaging shows magma lingering beneath quiet Cascade volcanoes, shaping how scientists monitor and plan for ...

Author Tommy Orange rings in the New Year at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii—and reflects on what we can learn from the land ...

The Yakima Valley Museum showcases local history with fascinating exhibits like Mt. St. Helens' impact and nostalgic neon ...

Skamania County smashed its previous record for the number of search and rescues in 2025, Sheriff Summer Scheyer said.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to forecast major eruptions? So far, the opportunity has been lacking. VEI-7 eruptions are rare: we have not seen one since Tambora in April 1815. To make a right ...

A wise soapie once stated that, like sands through the hourglass, so too are the days of our lives... Time waits for no one, ...

Time waits for no one, and change is inevitable. Sometimes, we don't even notice how much a person, place or thing has transformed until we come face-to-face with photographs documenting the then and ...

From dealing with the effects of the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, to helping to create new city parks — here's a look at ...