At Mount St. Helens, volcano monitoring and trail maintenance efforts are set to degrade without help from federal agencies.

The Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) in Seattle issued an Avalanche Warning from 6:30 p.m. Saturday to 6:30 p.m. Sunday for ...

On Thursday, March 6, a group of 13 students from the Washington State School for the Blind in Vancouver bundled up in their warmest winter gear and boarded vans for one of the most unique field trips ...

Phew! The last three weeks of the winter sports season were busy. The Columbian/360 Preps staff was out in earnest each of the past three weeks covering pivotal postseason events around the state. On ...

The Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design recently honored the design work of its alumni during the school's Winter Fest Reception and Alumni Recognition Ceremony at Vol Walker Hall.

Girdwood is the skiing capital of Alaska, and home to the Alyeska Resort, at the base of Mount Alyeska, where people downhill ... and a person either skis or snowboards down the mountain. Each winter, ...

That’s not entirely surprising in Vermont, where about 26% of residents 65 and older are still working—the highest share in ...

Looking for the best hikes in Portland? I was born and raised here, and happen to love hiking, so you’re in the right place!

Carpenter has had a colorful life—a self-identified hippie, he’s studied the flute at the Berklee College of Music, taken trains across Canada, lived in Israel, and survived the eruption of Mount St.