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• Teacher finds lessons on the road

  June 25, 2010 in City Andy Fersch has the attention of his eighth-grade students. One, he rocks a Mohawk. Two, he’ll ride a road bike an average of 83 miles a day this summer. Three, …

• 2 climbers missing on Mount St. Helens found safe

  June 2, 2010 in Region Rescue workers say two climbers missing on southwest Washington’s Mount St. Helens have been found safe.

• Mount St. Helens: The blast that shaped a region

    May 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT – Whether he’s talking about cottonwoods or huckleberries, salamanders or elk, ecologist Charlie Crisafulli discusses life’s return to the blast zone in almost poetic …

• May 18, 1980: In your words

  May 18, 2010 in City on Page A14 Divine retribution? My boyfriend’s uncle and aunt, Brad and Linda, invited us to go to his high school reunion being held in Echo, Ore., for the weekend. Well-knowing that my …

• You weren’t there? Well, let me tell you …

  May 18, 2010 in City on Page A5 Today marks the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. And you know what that means? 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: Emergency preparations

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about emergency preparations and the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

• Mount St. Helens memories: Sky and clouds

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about the Spokane skies after the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: Fairchild Air Force Base

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about the Fairchild air show interrupted by the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: Outdoors

    May 18, 2010 in Outdoors, City Reader-submitted stories about being involved in outdoors activities when Mount St. Helens erupted May 18, 1980. 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: The day

  May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about the day Mount St. Helens erupted. 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: Working

  May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about working and the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980. 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: Gardens

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about gardens or yards and the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

• Mount St. Helens memories: Special occasions

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about special occasions interrupted by the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

• Mount St. Helens memories: Ash

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about the ash fallout from the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980.

• Mount St. Helens memories: Kids

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted childhood stories about the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

• Mount St. Helens memories: School and graduation

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about school or college and the eruption of Mount St. Helens. 1

• Mount St. Helens memories: Traveling

    May 18, 2010 in City Reader-submitted stories about traveling when Mount St. Helens erupted. 1

• Spring cleaning takes on new scale

  May 17, 2010 in City on Page A1 On Tuesday, Bill and the boys started cleaning up outside. They removed ash from the roofs of the house, garage and outbuildings. They were able to scrape the ash off … 1

• 4 ways to explore St. Helens

  May 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 Thirty years after its explosive eruption, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument is a world-class destination for visitors interested in nature, geology outdoors recreation and things that go Boom! Following … 1

• Ash triggered unusual behavior, like praying for wedding day rain

  May 15, 2010 in City on Page B1 We were married at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Spokane on May 24. We prayed for rain that day. Since they were unsure what the effects of the ash would …

• Mount St. Helens memories: An anniversary to remember

  May 13, 2010 in City on Page A5 Mount St. Helens blew one day before our first wedding anniversary. My wife said I didn’t have to do anything that big ever again for our anniversary. Staying indoors for …

• Mount St. Helens memories sought

  April 25, 2010 in City on Page B3 On Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. It sent up a mushroom-shaped cloud of ash, which drifted east and fell on the Inland Northwest.

• Share your Mount St. Helens memories

  April 15, 2010 in Outdoors, City, Idaho, Region The 30th anniversary of Mount St. Helens’ eruption is approaching. Share your memories and photos with The Spokesman-Review. 6

• No national park for Mount St. Helens, yet

    April 14, 2010 in Region If the U.S. Forest Service wants to hang on to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, a congressional advisory panel made it plain Tuesday that the agency will have … 3

• Climber’s body recovered from Mount St. Helens

  February 16, 2010 in Region The body of a veteran climber who fell 1,500 feet into the crater atop Mount St. Helens has been recovered after he spent more than a day in the snow, … 2

• Climber falls in Mount St. Helens crater

  February 15, 2010 in Region A climber has fallen into the crater at Mount St. Helens and a rescue is under way. 5

• Bleak Mount St. Helens provides movie backdrop

  November 24, 2009 in Region With a few cosmetic tweaks, Mount St. Helens provided the right devastation to serve as a backdrop for scenes in John Hillcoat’s film “The Road.” 5

• $1.2 million in upgrades set around Mount St. Helens

  July 17, 2009 in Region Two years ago, chronic budget shortfalls prompted the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to permanently close the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center after just 14 years.

• New sensors monitor Mount St. Helens

  May 18, 2009 in Region Humans aren’t the only ones pondering Mount St. Helens these days. A new “smart” monitoring machine can not only record second-by-second data on the currently slumbering volcano, it can also …

• In brief: St. Helens restricts snowmobilers

  January 18, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 Gifford Pinchot National Forest officials have established a non-motorized wedge on the south side of Mount St. Helens, bordered by the Monitor Ridge and Worm Flows climbing routes. Climbers and …