Once swimming with salmon, the north fork of the Toutle River upstream from the sediment-retaining dam is still bouncing back from the May 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.

This is the modern legacy of Mount St. Helens,” said Sediment Lab Technician Erin Lysne, while showing the lab and SALI at work. “The lab originally got started to help document all of the sediment ...

TOUTLE — Washougal contractor Kim Erion compares the concrete work up here to the delicate art of decorating a fancy layer cake. LKE Corp. is raising the spillway on the Toutle River sediment ...

It will help federal endangered chinook, coho and steelhead runs by restoring 215 acres of floodplain habitat around the South Fork Toutle River’s headwaters, as well as 4.1 miles of the river ...

The Interstate 5 Toutle River rest area in Cowlitz County will close for maintenance next week, according to a press release from the Washington State Department of Transportation. The work includes r ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A final long-term plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for controlling sediment washing out of the Toutle River Valley in southwest Washington has been delayed at ...

A death investigation is underway after officials pulled a 23-year-old man from Toutle River near Castle Rock on Thursday, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said.

Cowlitz County Sheriff's detectives gathered additional items along the banks of the south fork of the Toutle River on Friday near where the body of a man was found the day before. Chief Criminal ...

Two Western Washington rivers are on a new list of the USA's ten most endangered rivers. Environmental group American Rivers says the Green-Toutle River is being threatened by a proposed copper ...

The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office says a 24-year-old Silver Lake man drowned Saturday afternoon in Toutle while swimming across the Toutle River in southwest Washington. The department says ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. — A 56-year-old man has died after being thrown from his mule into the north fork of the Toutle River. The body of Robert A. Ferneding was found shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday ...

NEAR CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — Divers located and recovered a body from the Toutle River on Thursday, according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office. Emergency responders were called the day ...