Hike description: Walking along Covell Creek in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, it’s easy to see how Curtain Falls gets its name. When the 75-foot falls come into view, the trail dips toward the ...

RANDLE — Ridgefield science teacher Annie Pintler asked students crowded around a picnic table about their morning hike. The students, bundled up in puffy jackets and beanies, shouted out answers. “I ...

Ridgefield School District students and staff returned to Cispus Outdoor School for the first time in three years. (Photo contributed by Ridgefield School District) RIDGEFIELD — For more than 50 years ...

RANDLE — More than halfway up a trail in Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Angel Falls begins to seem like a myth. During 90 minutes and just under two miles of hiking the Angel Falls Loop, a group of ...

After losing a state grant to fund outdoor learning, Longview School District is searching for ways to preserve access to Cispus Learning Center, a 68-acre campus in the Gifford Pinchot National ...

When Longview School District lost a state grant that funded field trips to Cispus Learning Center, teachers and parents at Columbia Heights Elementary School said they would be willing to go back to ...

Feb. 28—For the Cesar Chavez Day of Service, Cispus Learning Center will host a willow planting event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 29. Cispus is located at 2142 Cispus Road near Randle. Volunteers ...

Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins was a first grader on a school camping trip near Mount St. Helens when the volcano erupted on May 18, 1980. Austin recently unearthed his scrapbook from that time ...

NEAR RANDLE, Wash. -- Several local rescue crews are looking for a 5-year-old Tacoma boy who rode his motorcycle into the Cispus River Monday afternoon and was swept away. The boy, who was on a ...

What do storm chasers really do? Two tornado scientists take us inside the chase ...