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St. Helens is the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon.It was founded by Captain Henry Montgomery Knighton, a native of New England, in 1845, as "Plymouth".The name was changed to St. Helens in the latter part of 1850 for its view of Mount St. Helens, roughly 39 miles (63 km) away in Washington.
The Mount St. Helens major eruption of May 18, 1980, remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. [4] Fifty-seven people were killed; 200 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. [ 5 ]
[9] [10] The area was later preserved in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and due to the eruption, the state recognized the month of May as "Volcano Awareness Month" and events are held at Mt. St. Helens, or within the region, to discuss the eruption, safety concerns, and to commemorate lives lost during the natural disaster. [11]
St. Helens High School choir teacher Eric Stearns, 46, and recently retired teacher Mark Collins, 64, were arrested Tuesday and accused of a nearly ten-year sex crime spree against teen students ...
Their arrests come after St. Helens police chief Joseph Hogue investigated Stearns for two months. Hogue received a tip about a TikTok video alluding to Stearns’ inappropriate behavior.
The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief was a weekly newspaper published in St. Helens, Oregon, United States. It was formed in December 2023 by the merger of The Chronicle in St. Helens and The Chief in Clatskanie, both published by Country Media, Inc. It was the newspaper of record for Columbia County. [1] It ceased publication in September ...
The St. Helens Chronicle, which grew out of a series of mergers of the Chronicle, the Sentinel, and the Mist founded in 1881. [13] The Chief and Chronicle merged in December 2023 to form The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief, which served as a newspaper of record for the county. [14] The paper published its final edition on September 25, 2024.
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