Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mount St. Helen’s Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain inaccessible until at least 2026 as the state focuses on permanent ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain closed to the public until at least 2026 due to road repairs on Spirit Lake Highway, a Washington State Department of ...

Jul. 13—After a May 14 landslide washed out an 85-foot bridge on the road to the Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mount St. Helens, seven cars were left abandoned. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The observatory that overlooks Mount St. Helens is now expected to re-open years later than what was initially anticipated. In an update shared last week, the Washington State ...

Vancouver -- Highway crews expect to reopen the last nine snow-socked miles of state Highway 504 to the Johnston Ridge Observatory by Friday, just in time for the anniversary of Mount St. Helens ...

The Johnston Ridge Observatory will reopen for the season on Sunday, May 15 — three days before the anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The center closes each winter because snow ...

An estimated 300,000 people visit Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument each year. This is a view of the crater from Johnson Ridge Observatory. Elaine Thompson AP file, 2010 The upper portion of ...

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — Early Tuesday morning, a small group of outdoor adventurers ascended a foot path toward Johnston Ridge Observatory, now dark, cold and desolate, to gather ...

Mount St. Helen’s Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain inaccessible until at least 2026 as the state focuses on permanent repairs to the damaged Spirit Lake Highway that leads to the site. Kelly ...

An aerial view of Spirit Lake Highway, also known as State Route 504, where a massive landslide washed away the roadway on May 14, 2023. The incident, now known as the South Coldwater Slide, ...