Rainier News

The temperature was 10 degrees above. The visibility was clear. The location was Summit at the intersection of Canyon Rd.

The holiday spirit will be in full swing Saturday around the Plateau. In downtown Enumclaw, the Mount Rainier Independent Business Alliance has taken on the annual Christmas Parade and is expanding it into a full-day celebration.

Come spring, when the Winter Olympics have been relegated to the history books, it will be time to cross the border in relative peace and quiet.

This week in 1859 was relatively quiet in the Olympia area. Following are details about some of the well-known figures in the area at the time.

By next September, all parents and guardians in the Highline School District should be able to log on to their computers and check their child's grades, attendance and academic progress, district technology director Mark Finstrom reported to board members on Nov.

PERUGIA, Italy - Prosecutors today requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game - charges the U.S. woman dismissed as "pure fantasy." Read article moparornocar stanwood, WA 16 comments I don't know what is the right thing to do here but that ...

When he says he's an incurable romantic, Eric Michael Gillett isn't kidding. Go on a journey What: Acclaimed cabaret singer Eric Michael Gillett whose performances feature contemporary pop songs with old standards brings two of his one-man shows to Olympia.

Sheriff Dan Kimball and Thurston County commissioners have settled their legal dispute over proposed budget cuts.

The Centralia Tragedy of 1919 is a major event in U.S. labor history. On November 11, 1919, there was a showdown in Centralia, WA between members of the American Legion and the Industrial Workers of the World .

Wake up, Olympia! We are falling behind. The growth in our tax base has been sluggish for the past 10 years, not just in the current recession.

This year Centerstage's Murder Mystery fundraiser is "My Terrible Aunt." The event is on Oct.

Police Beat devotees have been curious to know more about Kelly Parker. Given the nature of her work, she was reluctant to share too many personal details, but agreed to reveal a little about herself for Woodinville Weekly readers.

An 11-year-old girl and her dad are being called heroes for catching a man accused of luring children in Thurston County.

The Thurston County coroner has released the name of a Rainier woman who died Saturday when her 1995 Geo Metro was struck by a 2000 GMC K-2 pickup.

Bremerton's newest neighborhood is surrounded by trees, shrubs and peace and quiet.

A Yakima prison for elderly and infirm inmates, a juvenile-rehabilitation center in Thurston County and all of the state's intermediate-care facilities for the developmentally disabled have been placed on the chopping block in a state consultant's cost-cutting report.

Nearly 6,000 families in our state have stepped up to the plate to be foster parents, caregivers to abused or neglected children that have been taken away from their parents by the state or law enforcement.

A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 was reported Wednesday night about six miles west-southwest of Shelton in Mason County.

Sorry Lobo, but saying that the ice has been melting for 10K years and then asking if we should blame the dinosaurs for that earlier warming is kinda funny.

Lenticularis clouds are lens-shaped clouds, with a smooth layered appearance. They form over and downwind of mountain ridges whenever there are strong upper-level winds.