Officials are tracking an earthquake swarm at Mount Rainier but say there is no cause for concern - Officials are tracking ...

Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...

Mount Rainier National Park is considering proposals by Verizon and T-Mobile to provide cellular service there, ... Some say cell service would improve safety and provide a convenience for visitors.

Mount Rainier on Tuesday experienced its largest seismic activity since 2009, with a swarm of small earthquakes detected.

The gates are locked tight at the entrances to Mount Rainier National Park because of the federal government shutdown and visitors are upset. It is hurting more than just workers and visitors. It ...

On a sweltering Sunday in August, the city dweller might gaze south toward Mount Rainier and dream about pine-scented air so pure that plants thrive in it and human health improves with each ...

At the start of the 20th century, Mount Rainier boasted 30 glaciers — currently, the National Park Service says there are 28. Recent surveys by other scientists have concluded there may now only ...

Several of Mount Rainier’s glaciers are already gone, experts say, and others aren’t far behind. The News Tribune asked what that means for visitors.

Before the storm erased the cobalt-blue sky and before death closed in, four ill-fated Mount Rainier National Park visitors were shown their future by a 21-year-old college intern.

The Associated Press Climbing rangers on iconic Mount Rainier had become comfortable working on the mountain’s slopes without being roped or anchored for safety and had become desensitized to ...

Ben Welch, senior officer at Mount Rainier National Park, said officials did not know whether he was using a safety rope, which isn’t required. In its guide to climbing Rainier, ...