All of the Mount St. Helens visitors centers – Coldwater Ridge, Johnston Ridge and the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center – are free to the public on Friday.
The U.S. Forest Service named Joel Starr its national individual volunteer of the year — as well as its individual volunteer of the year on Region 6, which covers Oregon and Washington.
Philomath resident Joel Starr was recently selected as the US Forest Service’s Region 6 Individual Volunteer of the Year, one of the agency’s highest awards for people that contribute service to public...