Choir teacher Eric Stearns will be back in court Friday for a pre-trial release hearing after pleading not guilty to 18 sexual abuse charges against 12 people.

A UNIVERSITY student who suffered a near-fatal collision is planning to embark on  a world famous trek in aid of the hospital that saved his life.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A teacher accused of sexually abusing students at St. Helens High School has been arrested for a second time on new allegations of abuse, police announced. The St. Helens Police ...

On May 18th, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted killing 57 people and changing the way residents of the Northwest viewed the volcano in their midst. For the last 40 years, The Columbian has written ...

One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over 200 square miles of pristine forest were buried ...