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The Department of the Interior recently gave out victim service awards to a number of people who helped other staffers following the Jan. 1 murder of Mount Rainier National Park ranger Margaret Anderson. The awards were handed outduring National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 22-28. Read more...

History

Eight hours after we stood on the roof of Washington last summer, our guides rewarded us with certificates that read "Mount Rainier, 14,410 feet."
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Recreation

There's a side to Crystal Mountain most skiers probably have never seen. It's a side the mountain's ski area and Mount Rainier National Park prefer most people don't know about. Read more...

Climbing

Not even snow, strong winds and a nearby lightning strike could keep George Dunn out of the record books Saturday morning. Read more...

The body of a 52-year-old Seattle man was removed from a crevasse on the upper slopes of Mount Rainier on Wednesday, a day after a stumble in an inopportune place cost him his life. Read more...

Science

What causes a “brain freeze”? Why do we get them? —S.F., Pleasantville, N.J. Read more...

People

Two leaders of one of the most challenging rescue attempts Mount Rainier has ever seen will be honored Wednesday in Washington, D.C., by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Read more...

The Future

The National Park Service has set eight goals as the foundation of its Centennial Initiative, the agency’s preperations for its 100th anniversary in 2016. Read more...

Gateway Communities

Contrary to some people's perception, Ashford has much more to offer than the last flush toilets before Mount Rainier National Park. Read more...

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