Special to the Mountain News
More than 400 skaters of all ages and abilities tried out Sprinker Recreation Center’s new-and-improved ice rink on Jan. 28, which opened to the public after an eight-month renovation. Continue reading
by Bruce A. Smith
As the search for four overdue hikers at Mount Rainier winds down after nearly two weeks of combing the slopes above Paradise, park spokesperson Kevin Bacher gave the Mountain News a comprehensive analysis of the rescue operations. Continue reading
by Bruce A. Smith
Orting will certainly be the place to satisfy your chocolate cravings at the first annual Orting Chocolate Stroll, scheduled for Saturday, February 11, from noon until 3 pm, and from all accounts it sounds like it will a grand Halloween for adults. Continue reading
by George Ochsenfeld, special to the Mountain News
Our industrial civilization is melting down, though we try hard to deny it. The global financial system teeters toward collapse, enraged citizens are rising up against their governments, and climate change is beginning to wreck havoc. Most Americans have experienced a drop in income and wealth, good jobs have dwindled, education, healthcare, and retirement are becoming unaffordable, bankruptcies and foreclosures are commonplace, and the social safety net is being dismantled. Continue reading
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Editor’s Note: Beth Rossow, the Shelton woman who has been living in a treehouse for the past 35 years and is the subject of a Mountain News profile, has just sent us an update on her life. Continue reading
By Bruce A. Smith
Sunny skies on Monday allowed rescuers to mount a massive search for four overdue hikers, combing the southern slopes of Mount Rainier. Continue reading
by Bruce A. Smith
Displaying a heroic devotion to duty under extraordinary winter conditions, search teams headed up the slopes above Paradise today, hoping to find a trace of two groups of overdue hikers, park spokesperson Patti Wold announced Sunday evening. Continue reading
by Bruce A. Smith
While we watched the snow, sleet, freezing rain, and a mist that seemed to freeze once it landed on a twig or branch – we listened to the torture in the forests – the cracking and crackling of limbs splitting off – or entire trees toppling over. At times it sounded like a wholesale slaughter of the woodlands. Continue reading
by Bruce A. Smith
Update: 7 pm, Saturday, January 21, 2012
Concerns are increasing for the safety of two parties of overdue climbers on Mount Rainier. On Saturday, January 21, park spokesperson Patti Wold released the following information: Continue reading
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