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BUCKLEY, Wash. (AP) — One man has died and another woman was awaiting rescue after an SUV went off a cliff near Mount Rainier National Park. The News Tribune reports that a woman is critically injured about 600 feet down the cliff. Search and rescue crews were attempting to rescue her Sunday morning...

SEATTLE (AP) — Spotty or no cellular service has been the norm at the nation's fifth oldest park south of Seattle, but that could change soon. Mount Rainier National Park is considering proposals by two carriers to provide cellular service in the park, setting off a debate about whether people enjoying the park should have access to calls, and social media while in nature...

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN (AP) — A skier who went missing overnight at Crystal Mountain Resort has been found alive and well. KING-TV reports that the man, in his 50s, skied out of bounds on Sunday and wound up in Mount Rainier National Park. Search teams looked for him on Sunday after he separated from his son and friends to take a run in an area on the south side of Crystal that's prone to avalanches...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Pacific fishers have declined on the West Coast over the decades, but the forest-dwelling, weasel-like mammals are slowly making a comeback in Washington state. Officials released 10 Pacific fishers into the forest of Mount Rainier National Park on Friday as part of a multiyear effort to restore them to their historic range...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Two cellphone carriers have applied for permits to install telecommunications equipment on the main visitor building at Mount Rainier National Park. Park officials say Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile are proposing to co-locate antennas on the outside of Jackson Visitor Center, located at the Paradise area of the park...

MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Mount Rainier National Park says rangers rescued a pair of climbers who had spent two nights near the volcano's summit after being overtaken by extreme weather. The News Tribune newspaper reports the climbers were descending the 14,410-foot peak on Friday when the storm hit...

CHINOOK PASS – Crews are gearing up to reopen Chinook Pass on Friday, May 17. It’s fairly safe to say drivers can make travel plans over State Route 410 this weekend. Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will reopen the east gate to Chinook Pass at Morse Creek, five miles east of the summit at 10 a...

Springtime cues crews up to Chinook Pass. After a careful assessment last week, Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance workers began clearing the 5,430-foot pass. Each year crews blast, plow and blow their way through 20 to 30 feet of snow to clear the highway...

SEATTLE (AP) — Two snowboarders who spent two nights stranded on Mount Rainier have been reunited with their families. Park spokeswoman Lee Snook says Derek Tyndall and Thomas Dale didn't appear to have frostbite or other injuries when rescuers reached them around 11 a...

LONGMIRE, Wash. (AP) — Rescue crews weren't able to reach two stranded snowboarders on Mount Rainier, but made visual contact. Mount Rainier National Park spokesman Kevin Bacher says the men, ages 20 and 21, called Sunday afternoon to report they had become lost in the storm while descending from Camp Muir...