Mount Rainier News

Moises helps out as his parents, Mark Knight and Mario Cisneros, clean up the kitchen.

The National Park Service and the Environmental Protection Agency have started the Climate Friendly Parks network program to help parks address climate change.

After the Petworth Bike Co-op meeting last month , the Northwest Current wrote a story about the group.

This story was corrected on June 18, 2009. An explanation of the correction is at the end of the story.

The National Park Service announcement: The National Park Service has announced three fee-free weekends this summer to encourage Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit these national treasures.

Clouds swirl around the peak of Mt. Rainier, which is visible from Chinook Pass, which opened just before Memorial Day weekend.

Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick celebrated her 50th birthday by climbing Mount Rainier, which I know from years spent hiking around Mount Hood, is no simple feat at all.Yet hardly anyone noticed her achievement, something I found lacking.

The Carbon River rushes past a foot log crossing that's part of the short trail to Chenius Falls at Mount Rainier National Park.

Victoria Encarnacion , 17, of Hyattsville studies May 20 with program assistant Jessica Quiroz at the Theater Tech Program at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier.

Students at William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale made notable achievements this spring.

Young people from Island County will be able to attend summer camp at Camp Arnold near Mt.

Ohmer Webb runs a diagnostic on Washington, D.C., resident Eric Wright's truck Tuesday at Bladensburg Automatic Transmission Service.

Mount Rainier resident Y'Anna Crawley continued her streak on television station BET's gospel singing-contest show, "Sunday's Best," all the way to the top when she was crowned the national winner on Sunday night.

May is officially the Month of Peace in Mount Rainier, and the city kicked it off with the dedication of a peace garden at 30th Street and Arundel Road on May 3. Herbs and vegetables are now growing at the site.

Y'Anna Crawley wins BET's 'Sunday Best' For weeks, it appeared that Michigan's Jessica Reedy seemed to be the likely favorite to win BET's "Sunday Best," an "American Idol"-like competition.

A spring health and community fair in Templeton Knolls will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 16 and will include information on mental health, domestic abuse, HIV and AIDS, alcohol, safety, fitness, legal aid and housing.

Public safety, development, community involvement and public drunkenness are among the top issues surrounding the Monday election to fill three seats on Mount Rainier's council.

The Mount Rainier city election for two council seats and the mayor is being held from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 4 at City Hall, located at 1 Municipal Place.

A woman parks her hybrid car and erases its computer memory because she doesn't want her husband to find out she's getting just 30-something miles per gallon.

Amuche Nwafor won second place in the River Voyage Poetry Competition, sponsored by the Anacostia Watershed Society.