Mt. Rainier has lost its status as a year-round ice-capped peak, according to a new survey that shows the iconic mountain is ...

A new study shows that all five ice-capped peaks in the Lower 48 have shrunk, including Mt. Rainier, which has lost 10 feet ...

Researchers believe that melting ice and snow shifted the true summit of the iconic peak from a frozen ridge to a pile of ...

LOGAN - New research from Scott Hotaling of Utah State University and Eric Gilbertson of Seattle University indicates the ...

TACOMA – The swarm began shortly before 1:30 a.m. near Mount Rainier’s summit, with the largest earthquake being a 1.7 magnitude, the USGS said on X just after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. “Currently, there is ...

A swarm of hundreds of small earthquakes has been detected rumbling deep below Mt. Rainier in Washington State early Tuesday morning, though geologists stress there is no cause for concern. The quakes ...

Ex-pilot who tried to cut plane's engine mid-flight while on mushrooms awaits sentencing The fate of Joseph Emerson, a former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight ...

Cool, rainy weather continued to sweep across the Seattle area this weekend, with overnight snowfall Saturday in Paradise at Mount Rainier. Kayla Mazurkiewicz, a meteorologist with the National ...

One of Washington state’s most photogenic hikes, the High Rock Trail — known for its dramatic cliffs and panoramic views of Mount Rainier — is temporarily closed through mid-September. But the reason ...

Hundreds of small earthquakes were detected at Mount Rainier on Tuesday in the largest such swarm at the active stratovolcano since 2009, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The swarm began ...

Mount Rainier experienced its largest earthquake swarm since 2009 on Tuesday. USGS reported hundreds of small quakes under the surface near the stratovolcano's summit . The agency said there was no ...