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Body of 60-year-old Missing Hiker Recovered From Mount Adams
Body of 60-year-old Missing Hiker Recovered From Mount Adams
Body of 60-year-old Missing Hiker Recovered From Mount Adams
YAKIMA (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a 60-year-old hiker who went missing on Mount Adams a few weeks ago. Yakima County Coroner Jack Hawkins on Wednesday identified the hiker as Robert Burroughs of Stevenson. Hawkins says he died of head and body injuries after falling more than 2,000 feet...
Injured Climber Rescued From Mount Adams
Injured Climber Rescued From Mount Adams
Injured Climber Rescued From Mount Adams
MOUNT ADAMS, Wash. (AP) — A 55-year-old Lynnwood man is recovering after injuring himself while climbing Mount Adams over the weekend. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says the climber was flown by helicopter to a Vancouver hospital Sunday afternoon with a possible broken leg...
Snowmobile Crash Claims Life of Goldendale Man
Snowmobile Crash Claims Life of Goldendale Man
Snowmobile Crash Claims Life of Goldendale Man
A man died in a snowmobile crash Sunday on Mount Adams. The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says a 35-year-old from the Goldendale area was snowmobiling with a group of friends in the area of Bird Creek Meadows on Mt. Adams. He was missing for about an hour before friends found him below a 10 to 15 foot snow bank. The...
Firefighters Making Progress on Central Washington’s Wildfires
Firefighters Making Progress on Central Washington’s Wildfires
Firefighters Making Progress on Central Washington’s Wildfires
(AP) Firefighters are continuing to make progress on Central Washington's two large wildfires. containment is growing on the two fires, but smoke around Yakima is expected to hover for a while. Fire officials report the 24-square-mile Cascade Creek Fire on the southwest slopes of Mount Adams is about 55 percent contained...
Cascade Creek Fire Expands to 8500 Acres
Cascade Creek Fire Expands to 8500 Acres
Cascade Creek Fire Expands to 8500 Acres
Smoke from the Cascade Creek Fire on Mount Adams shot 17,000 feet into the air yesterday.  That fire has grown to 8500 acres.  The flames are moving toward the landmark Gotchen Creek Guard Station.  Built in 1909, the cabin has been wrapped in a protective foil to help protect the oldest building inside the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest...
Search For Missing Seattle Doctor On Mt. Adams Resumes Today
Search For Missing Seattle Doctor On Mt. Adams Resumes Today
Search For Missing Seattle Doctor On Mt. Adams Resumes Today
He hasn't been identified but search crews from the Yakima County Search and Rescue unit are looking for a missing 55 year old Seattle doctor on Mount Adams. Sgt. George Town from the county sheriff's office says the doctor and a friend were hiking Sunday in an area of the mountain known as the lunch counter...