27K views · 210 reactions | 35 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted in Washington state, spewing ash, rock and hot gases into the air and causing mud to flow down the mountain sides. Check out this video shot by a our sister stations KING/KGW & US Geological Survey in 1980. | WGRZ - Channel 2, Buffalo | Facebook

Fourteen years after the last death sentence was carried out in Washington, the execution chamber at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla was closed in a ceremony held Wednesday morning. Gov. Jay Inslee, who issued a moratorium on the death penalty ten years ago, said shuttering the chamber was the ‘final closure’ of the controversial issue in Washington state law. #komo #komo4 #komonews #komo4news #seattle #washington #washingtonnews #deathpenalty #death #execution #penitentiary #wallawalla Fu