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  • 93 House members charge Park Service is 'making up' rules to shut memorials

    10/10/2013 6:46:16 AM PDT · by markomalley · 81 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 10-10-2013 | Paul Bedard
    The National Park Service’s closure of the World War II and other memorials violates rules requiring them to stay open, 93 House members charge in a letter to the agency. Led by Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga, they claim that Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis is simply making up closure rules to punish the public during the government shut down and they question the costs of the random closures in Washington where not all memorials are being closed. "The National Park Service continues to act in an arbitrary and punitive manner to exclude veterans from memorials built in their honor...
  • Mount Rainier shooting opens door for agenda pandering

    01/03/2012 7:25:49 AM PST · by marktwain · 16 replies
    Seattle Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 2 January, 2012 | Dave Workman
    Four people shot in Skyway and hours later, the same “person of interest” is allegedly involved in the slaying of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger, and in the aftermath, a debate is erupting over a 2010 law that allowed private citizens to carry loaded firearms in national parks in accordance with the laws of the state in which the park is located. Congress lifted a ban on carrying loaded guns in national parks in February 2010 amid warnings by critics that the action would lead to gun violence and poaching.—Seattle Times KING 5 morning anchor Joyce Taylor also tried...
  • Massive manhunt after ranger slain at Rainier

    01/02/2012 10:54:47 AM PST · by An American! · 22 replies
    Seattle Times ^ | 1/1/2012 | Mike Carter, Craig Welch, Steve Miletich and Jack Broom
    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,...
  • Mount Rainier shooting opens door for agenda pandering

    01/02/2012 9:16:17 AM PST · by rockrr · 43 replies
    Examiner.com ^ | January 2, 2012 | Dave Workman
    Four people shot in Skyway and hours later, the same “person of interest” is allegedly involved in the slaying of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger, and in the aftermath, a debate is erupting over a 2010 law that allowed private citizens to carry loaded firearms in national parks in accordance with the laws of the state in which the park is located. Congress lifted a ban on carrying loaded guns in national parks in February 2010 amid warnings by critics that the action would lead to gun violence and poaching.—Seattle Times KING 5 morning anchor Joyce Taylor also tried...
  • Minor quake strikes near Mount Rainier

    10/08/2006 7:59:10 AM PDT · by Brilliant · 19 replies · 636+ views
    AP ^ | October 8, 2006 | AP
    SEATTLE - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattled homes east of Mount Rainier on Saturday night, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported. The quake struck just before 8 p.m. about 7 miles east of the mountain's summit, said Tom Yelin of the University of Washington Seismology Laboratory. Yelin said he did not think the quake was associated with any volcanic activity. Residents in Packwood, Maple Valley, Enumclaw and Renton reported feeling the earthquake, which was followed by two smaller aftershocks.
  • Monaco Bids Farewell to Rainier

    04/15/2005 6:53:32 AM PDT · by katieanna · 4 replies · 497+ views
    Associated Press ^ | April 15, 2005 8:56 AM EDT | Not Attributed
    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.
  • Mount Ranier Called A Threat

    08/14/2003 2:45:09 PM PDT · by blam · 19 replies · 272+ views
    Washingto Post via MSNBC ^ | 8-11-2003 | Blaine Harden
    Mount Rainier called a threat Experts: Mountain is more unstable than previously thoughtBy Blaine Harden THE WASHINGTON POST MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash., Aug. 11 — Wedding cake white and big beyond words, Mount Rainier floats above Puget Sound like a child’s dream of what a mountain might be. • Buy Life Insurance • MSNBC Hot List • Yellow Pages • Get A Loan • expedia.com • Shopping DREAMS OF Rainier come in handy here, for the mountain itself has a habit of disappearing in clouds for weeks or even months on end. The 3 million people who live in...