search and rescue

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Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice says Berglund-Dallman died from "environmental exposure."

A pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday, crushing at least eight vehicles killing multiple people.

INDEX, Wash. (AP) — Snohomish County authorities have located a hiker who went missing overnight near Blanca Lake in the Index area. The 18-year-old woman is reported to be in good condition. Search and rescue crews found the woman, who has not been identified, on Sunday after she was reported missing Saturday night...

MAZAMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say an experienced Seattle climber died after falling more than 100 feet while climbing in northern Washington. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that 26-year-old Ryan Kautz was rappelling with two other experienced climbers Tuesday on Goat Wall near the town of Mazama when the fall occurred...

CHELAN COUNTY, Wash. (AP) — A search continues for a Portland man who planned to climb Colchuck Peak near Leavenworth but failed to return on time. KIRO-TV reports that the Chelan County Sheriff's Office planned to resume the search on Tuesday...

Yakima County Sheriff's Search and Rescue crews spent the weekend searching the Roza Canal for a missing teen from Selah who has not yet been identified.

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...