Mount Rainier News

Now is a good time to visit Mt. Rainier... According to the park's phone message, there are now 60 inches of snow on the ground at the Paradise Visitor Center.

Not that the East/West Gallery needed to reaffirm its standing as one of the leading conveyors of classic fine art photography here in town, but its latest exhibition, The Human Landscape , effortlessly does ...

Last Sunday this newspaper and others in the Pacific Northwest reported that a 29-year-old climbing guide named Justin Merle broke the speed record for climbing Mt.

We took this shot from Sunrise on Mt Rainier.....many visitors on the Mountain were spooked thinking we were looking at a major eruption....in fact it was the early stages of a forest fire I shared with them ...

The sun is so bright these days, even Mt. Rainier is wearing a cap to find some relief.

Three hours of sleep. Up at 2:30 am after hitting the sack after 11PM... the question is when will my speech begin to slur.

There she is, all dressed in white. The crown jewel of the north Cascades. And Justine Merle undressed her in 4 hours, 49 minutes and a few seconds.

As you read this, some of America's hero's are conquering Mt Rainier! Meet our hero's: Ryan Job, Chad Jukes and Jose Martinez lll~disabled vets all who are partaking in the Camp Patriot Mt.

Port Towns residents want healthier restaurants, more affordable housing and increased pedestrian access.

An Army Reserve helicopter crew, the National Park Service Rescue Rangers and a Central Pierce County Fire and Rescue paramedic and EMT rescued an injured climber on Mount Rainier early Wednesday.

Tuesday, July 01, 2008 Evaluation of roundabouts in Maryland See " State's traffic roundabouts reviewed ," from the Annapolis Capital .

A Lothian roundabout has helped reduce crashes, but new signs and curbing paint could make it even safer, according to a new study.

A pair of rottweilers were put to death after one of them pulled a small dog out of its owner's hands Monday night at a Farmingville home and mauled it to death, police said.

Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey refers to a diagram that shows the projected distribution of slots funds in 2013 during an anti-slots rally Tuesday in front of Deerfield Run Community Center ...

On this date in 1947, not far from here in the skies surrounding Mt. Rainer, pilot Kenneth Arnold spots unidentified flying objects while on a search mission for a downed military transport plane.

Photograph from Sundogg on Flickr. What kind of wedding cake did the first Supreme Court-approved same-sex couple exchanging wedding vows in San Francisco enjoy earlier this week? A three-layer genoise sponge ...

A Maryland emergency room director and his 18-year-old son were in the right place at a terribly unfortunate time.

The two were attempting to climb the 14,411 foot Mt. Rainier in Washington State. They were celebrating Collin's graduation from high school, when an unusual blizzard blasted the mountain.

The Lyons and the eight other members of their guided party were safe in a shelter. But three climbers were reported missing.

On Tuesday, June 11 park service officers rescued one of the three missing climbers and brought him to the shelter. Dr. Lyons and another doctor from San Francisco went to work.

LONGMIRE, Wash. - A helicopter rescued two hikers from high on Mt. Rainier on Wednesday after they were caught in a freak June blizzard that caused a third hiker's death.

SEATTLE -- A hiker on Mt. Rainier sacrificed himself, lying down in the snow and using his body's warmth to save his wife and a friend from the 70-mph winds of a freak June blizzard, National Park officials ...

A Romanian hiker who lost his life high on Mount Rainier lay down in the snow and used his body's warmth to save his wife and a friend from the 70-mph winds of a freak June blizzard, national park officials ...