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SEATTLE (AP) — A couple trying to visit all 59 national parks in one year is in Washington this week. They are planning to visit through 40th, 41st and 42nd parks: visiting Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic national parks. KING-TV reports Cole and Elizabeth Donelson started planning and saving for their adventure about two years ago...

SEATTLE (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of a Norwegian climber caught in a storm on Washington's Mount Rainier over the weekend. Mount Rainier National Park officials say four rangers climbed to the unresponsive man at 10,600 feet Wednesday and worked with a helicopter crew to recover his body. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A weasel-like predator that disappeared from Washington state decades ago will soon be reintroduced to the Cascade Mountains. Wildlife officials are preparing to re-establish fishers into Mount Rainier and North Cascades national parks and surrounding areas over the next several years...

TACOMA (AP) — The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office says it has confirmed the identity of a snowshoer killed in a severe storm on Mount Rainier over the weekend. The man was identified Tuesday as 37-year-old Louis Landry of Puyallup...

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...

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...