A Yelm man was reunited with his dog Saturday after a rescue effort to bring the animal down Mount Washington in the Olympic Mountains, near Lake Cushman.
A Yelm man was reunited with his dog Saturday after a rescue effort to bring the animal down Mount Washington in the Olympic Mountains, near Lake Cushman.
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A man who’s been missing since an avalanche Saturday has been identified as 61-year-old Mitch Hungate, a Renton dentist, according to KING 5 news, a Seattle Times news partner.
Fire and rescue crews in east Pierce County, Wash., have rescued a 90-pound mastiff so spooked by Monday's thunderstorms that it went down a 20-foot embankment - and couldn't get back up.
A backcountry skier who suffered a broken leg above the Heather Meadows ranger station was rescued by members of the Skagit Mountain Rescue team who happened to be training in the area about 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29.
Members of Bellingham Mountain Rescue and employees from the Mt. Baker Ski Area assisted in bringing the injured 26-year-old Ohio man by toboggan to the ski area, according to a statement from the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office.
He fell in the area of Herman Saddle near Table Mountain, breaking his lower right leg. He was given first aid at the ski area and taken by ambulance to St. Joseph hospital.
Pit bull experts from the Oakland rescue group Bad Rap are in Boise this week to help care for more than 60 pit bulls rescued from an eastern Idaho dog-fighting operation where three people were slain earlier this month. They are training shelter staff and assisting in assessing the dogs.
A woman who was dug out from another avalanche yesterday at Red Mountain, has died. Officials called off the search today for a missing hiker caught in an avalanche on Snoqualmie Pass.
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