PORTLAND, Ore. — Michael Cairns will never forget May 18, 1980. That's the day that Mount St. Helens erupted, flattening miles of forestland and blanketing the Pacific Northwest in ash. "It was ...

MT. ST. HELENS, Wash — For many people who lived through the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens, it is the biggest news story of their lifetimes. 45 years ago, the mountain that had been ...