Rainier's new (unofficial) high point is rock at least, so it won't be shrinking. At least, not faster than the normal pace ...

A colorful sunrise lights up the sky over Mount Rainier as seen from Tumwater, Washington, on Feb. 26, 2022. Tony Overman ...

A search is underway to find the crash and crew of a Navy EA-18G Growler that went down in Washington state near Mount ...

Mount Rainier supports the UDF file system and automatically formats a blank disk when writing for the first time. Mount Rainier allows the disk to be ejected before being fully formatted by "de ...

“Until recently,” Gilbertson wrote in a blog post, Mount Rainier “was one of the few peaks in the contiguous US with a ...

SEATTLE – The top of Mount Rainier is no longer the top of Mount Rainier. The frozen ice cap on top of Washington’s iconic mountain – recognized for generations as the tippy top – is ...

Consider pairing the railroad's slice of human history with some natural ecology at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park north of Eatonville. The park's 725 acres are a chance to encounter native animals like ...

Mount Rainier National Park staff has been reassigned to Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, necessitating the early close.

One of the world’s oldest national parks, Mount Rainier became part of the federal system in 1899, shortly after its last eruption. Park status was the culmination of a long campaign by John ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte ...