Amid Mt. Hood drama, rescue tech on display
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In the search for missing climbers in Oregon, even military help and special equipment can't overcome bad weather.
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The risk of a volcanic explosion or related landslide on Mount St. Helens has prompted the mountain&#39;s managers to keep climbers off the 8,363-foot peak and close some hiking trails while scientists assess the danger.
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Conflicting reports of ransom demands, rescues and deaths cloud the search for a group of abducted Western security contractors
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The company has emerged as a potentially useful resource for search-and-rescue teams because of its connections to the dozens of contractors that provide satellite imagery.
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Jason Davis knelt in a snow-filled ditch beside a frozen gravel road, the bill of his baseball cap nearly touching four small marks in the snow. As he examined the marks, more than a dozen other animal trackers gathered around. The trackers are volunteers with Cascadia Wild, which has organized the Wolverine Tracking Project for the past five years to bring urbanites closer to nature and gather information about animal species in Mount Hood National Forest.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 18 -- As searchers retrieved the body of one Mount Hood climber on Monday, authorities said two others appeared to have tried to descend the Oregon peak by way of a treacherous glacier slope where many other climbers have died.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Dec. 19--VICTORVILLE -- The emergency-response community came together Monday to celebrate the lives of three of their best.
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Blinding snow and powerful winds blasting Mount Hood hindered teams searching for three lost climbers Wednesday, as forecasters warned that a new storm could bring gusts of 100 mph, followed by a deep freeze.
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Visitors swarming by the hundreds to watch Mount St. Helens blow off steam may be in for a disappointment, not from the volcano but the weather.
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A transformer explosion injured two men Friday at the Quecreek Mine, where a celebrated rescue of nine trapped miners made international headlines. One of the injured miners also was part of the July 2002 rescue drama.
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More than 50 expert climbers headed up Mount Hood on Saturday, encouraged by a break in the weather that improved their chances of finding three climbers reported missing on Sunday. However, the danger of avalanches is "extreme" and could halt the day's work, authorities said.
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Chris van Rossman's television came with a VCR, DVD player and CD player &#151; plus a hidden feature that had a rescue team beating a path to his door.
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By Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News  They risk their lives to protect the public, but often it isn't a bullet or the flames from an inferno that law enforcers and firefighters have to worry about.
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With bad weather expected to descend on Mount Hood, the chance for the climbersâ survival is diminishing.
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Chances are, field crews  working on most unscripted programs don&#39;t continually put their  lives -- or their subjects&#39; lives -- in as much danger as the  people behind MSNBC&#39;s documentary series &quot;Lockup.&quot;
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Chances are, field crews  working on most reality shows don&#39;t continually put their lives  -- or their subjects&#39; -- in as much danger as the people behind  MSNBC&#39;s documentary series &quot;Lockup.&quot;
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As they prepared to retrieve the body of one climber, authorities worry that two others may have fallen down a steep slope