Mount Rainier News

Thursday, Feb. 9 7-9 p.m. - Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop Open Mic - Urban Eats Arts and Music Cafe - No Cover The Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop will host a new monthly open mic and acoustic jam session at Urban Eats Arts and Music Cafe near the intersection of 34th Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Mount Rainier.

J.J. McCracken, artist in residence at the Red Dirt Studio in Mount Rainier, has been called the best political artist in Washington.

Despite a break in the weather, there's still no sign of four campers and climbers who have been missing for a week on Mount Rainier.

If Mount Rainier can successfully find new developers to fill a prominent block of commercial properties, area residents can expect to see a new set of shops and restaurants along the Route 1 Corridor in the coming years.

With the weather clearing, a team of 26 rescuers resumed scouring Mount Rainier for four overdue climbers and campers.

An unprecedented winter storm that is hammering the Pacific Northwest coast with freezing rain and heavy snow has hampered the search for four hikers missing from Washington's Mount Rainier Park.

Dozens of searchers, aided by dogs, traversed Mount Rainier in Washington state Sunday, looking for a missing snowshoer, authorities said.