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Joe Kent, a Republican 3rd Congressional District candidate, believes the Yelm and Rainier communities are a crucial factor in his second attempt running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. That’s why he visited Mr. Dougs in Yelm on Thursday, Feb. 8 for a meet and greet with approximately 50 supporters in attendance. Despite only a portion of southern Thurston County being represented in the 3rd District, Kent said the region is “key” to his candidacy. “Yelm and Rainier and this little sliver of Thurston County is very important because it’s a very conservative district. We did very...

July 17, 2014 – By measuring how fast Earth conducts electricity and seismic waves, a University of Utah researcher and colleagues made a detailed picture of Mount Rainier’s deep volcanic plumbing and partly molten rock that will erupt again someday. “This is the most direct image yet capturing the melting process that feeds magma into a crustal reservoir that eventually is tapped for eruptions,” says geophysicist Phil Wannamaker, of the university’s Energy & Geoscience Institute and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. “But it does not provide any information on the timing of future eruptions from Mount Rainier or other...

Geophysicists say a network of electrical sensors is giving them a picture of the deep underground volcanic plumbing containing molten rock under some of North America's most active and dangerous volcanoes.

While gun prohibitionists tried to exploit the New Year’s Day slaying of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger, a Seattle-based gun rights forum is already working to set up a memorial fund for Ranger Margaret Anderson’s family. Norm Gildroy, owner of SeattleGuns.net and Wesley Sage, one of the forum’s moderators, moved quickly to demonstrate that it was a lone disturbed individual, not a culture or community, that took the 34-year-old Anderson’s life, stealing her forever from a husband and two small daughters, and a community that liked and respected her. This column already took a hard look at the exploitation,...

A man who was suspected in the killing of a Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson on Sunday morning was found deceased on Monday. A law enforcement officer with knowledge of the situation said Benjamin Colton Barnes was found in a ditch. About 200 personnel from several law enforcement agencies were involved in the search for Barnes, said Ranger Kevin Bacher at a media briefing. Barnes, who is also a suspect in a New Year's Eve shooting in Skyway, was believed to be heavily armed. Bacher said it's possible that Barnes had sufficient all-weather gear to survive overnight in...

Park Ranger Margaret Anderson, a mother of two who was married to another ranger at the park, was shot about 10:30 a.m. Sunday after setting up a roadblock to stop a car that was fleeing another officer. A man who was being sought in the shooting of four people at a New Year's party in South King County early Sunday is suspected in the fatal shooting of a park ranger in Mount Rainier National Park later in the morning. ....Searchers flew over the park Sunday night in a plane with infrared equipment that picks up signs of body heat. Meanwhile,...

A U.S. Forest Service ranger at Mount Rainier National Park has been shot and killed, and the gunman is at large. The ranger has been identifed as 34-year-old Margaret Anderson. The shooting occurred at 10:11 a.m. near Longmire Ranger Station.

Rick Hewitt has vision and goals, but what really matters to you as a beer drinker is that he has a 2,400 square foot brewery and tasting room in the old Rainier Brewery. There, the public will be welcome to bear witness to his passion for great beer. When the Emerald City Beer Company fires up the brew kettle, they will be making beer on sacred ground.

Just climbing to the summit of Mount Rainier would be triumph enough for most people. But for Paul Ferguson, the achievement was symbolic of victory over past failed attempts and a life-threatening disease -- and a final goodbye to a beloved dog.It's been a journey for the 42-year-old Mansfield man, a Lockheed Martin engineer, UT-Arlington doctoral student, mountaineering hobbyist and cancer survivor.But let us backtrack and begin with Mount Rainier, an active volcano in Washington state that soars to 14,410 feet. It's a snowcapped postcard mountain for which Seattle and Tacoma residents build their homes so they'll have a view...

A Muslim who allegedly used his Seattle barber shop to teach children "how to shoot and fight the Americans" has fled to Somalia to avoid prison after he was convicted on federal counterfeiting and weapons charges. Ruben Shumpert, a black American who converted to Islam, was among more than a dozen arrested by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force two years ago on charges including immigration fraud and bank fraud, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported. Shumpert was able to leave the country because a judge allowed him to keep his passport when he was released from custody prior to sentencing. A...

Badlands National Park Go to the article above to see the full-size (3.7 MB) version of this image: Mt. Rainier, Washington The image below is the full-size version, but you can read the full article at the link above.

Link post, provided to interested Freepers in the News/Activism section so that they may access the post in the General/Chat section (and post thine commentary THERE): Geology Pictures of the Week, July 10-16, 2005: Landslides, Ash Layers, and Property Values

Learned a few new things last week, leading to this week's posting: The town of Orting, in Washington, sits right on top of the landslide deposits from the Electron mudflow generated by Mount Rainier. A buried tree stump excavated from the Electron mudflow. Ash layers from Mt. St. Helens. I learned last week that after the 1850 BC eruption, the native population abandoned the area for about 2000 years. That's a pretty long length of time for "you don't want to live in that neighborhood" to get passed along around the campfire.

MONACO-- The three children of Monaco's Prince Rainier III by the U.S. actress Grace Kelly have bade farewell to their father at a funeral service attended by royalty and political leaders from around the world.

Prince Rainier III of Monaco died Wednesday, marking the end of a glittering royal fairy tale as tributes from dignitaries poured in. He was 81. Monaco's royal palace announced Rainier's death nearly a month after he was first admitted to a heart and chest clinic with a lung infection. "Each of us feels like an orphan because the principality has been marked by his imprint over the 56 years" Patrick Leclercq, Monaco's head of government said of Europe's longest reigning monarch. Rainier's son and heir Prince Albert was at his bedside when he was pronounced dead at 6:35 a.m. Rainier...

Monaco's Prince Rainier III, who turned one of the world's smallest states from a faded gambling center into a billionaires' haven in more than half a century on the throne, died aged 81 on Wednesday. The palace said he had died after a battle with lung, heart and kidney problems. Rainier brought Hollywood glamour to Monaco by marrying the beautiful American actress Grace Kelly in 1956 and transformed the world's smallest state after the Vatican into a playground for the rich. Princess Grace died in a car crash in 1982. He never remarried. He will be succeeded as ruler of...

MONACO, April 3 (Reuters) - The health of Prince Rainier of Monaco, who has been in intensive care for almost two weeks, remained stable on Sunday but his hopes of recovery were extremely weak, a source close to the palace said. "There is neither a deterioration nor a notable improvement in the health of the monarch, but the likelihood of a favourable outcome remains extremely weak," the source told Reuters. On Friday, Rainier's doctors described the 81-year-old monarch's state of health as "precarious". Rainier's son, Albert, 47, has assumed the his sick father's duties as monarch of the tiny state...

Monaco on Death Watch for Prince Rainier Thursday, March 24, 2005 MONACO — Hooked to a respirator, Prince Rainier III (search) of Monaco was being treated for cardiac and kidney failure at a seaside clinic in the tiny Mediterranean enclave that he transformed into a glitzy resort for the rich. Throughout Monaco, Rainier's subjects braced for what they feared could be the final days of a man many revere as a father figure. On Thursday, Rainier was spending his third day in intensive care at a hospital with a view of his hilltop palace. "Monaco became Monaco thanks to him....

We are students at a school in NJ and are required to do a report on Mt.Rainier and what the government plans to do in case of an eruption. Any info on the plans would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help. Students

Prince Rainier hospitalized in Monaco Sunday November 17, 2002 - 16h22 GMT MONACO, Nov. 17 (AFP) - prince Rainier of Monaco, 79 years, was hospitalized Saturday evening for a "bronchopulmonary superinfection" in the cardio-thoracic center of Monaco, one learned Sunday from official source. The prince had undergone several operations in December 1999 for a dilation anévrysmale of the abdominal aorta, with installation of a endoprothèse (bridging), followed two months later of an ablation partial of the lung to control a nodule (tumour). After these two successive interventions, Rainier delegated the official voyages abroad to the hereditary prince, Albert. Prince...