The first sight Zalmai “Zeke” Zahir would see most mornings growing up in Seattle and on the Muckleshoot reservation was the white-capped grooves of Mount Rainier. A linguist, Zahir recently ...

On a clear sunny day in the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington State, the locals often remark “The Mountain is out.” Gaze ...

Washington State Department of Transportation closed the Carbon River Fairfax Bridge. Now parts of the Mount Rainier National Park are inaccessible.

(Photo viaNaval Air Station Whidbey Island.) TOPICS: MT. RAINIER, Wash. — A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island helped rescue a 32-year-old Army soldier who was ...

In reviewing historical records, interviews, dictionaries, news articles, sound recordings and field notes, some of which dated back to the 1800s, Zahir found 20 different names for Mount Rainier ...