Construction is underway for a new emergency evacuation bridge in Orting — a bridge that has been 28 years in the making. According to the City of Orting’s website, construction started in ...

Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction ...

The lahar evacuation bridge being built in Orting is meant to help residents evacuate the city following the eruption of Mount Rainier. The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and ...

ORTING, Wash — An Orting man known as a "gentle giant" was shot more than a decade ago in front of his home with his own gun. Mike Compton died while doing what came natural to him - protecting ...

Residents in the Orting Valley have expressed concern about ... quipped last year in a meeting with The News Tribune that his evacuation plan is a case of wine that he’ll to take to his roof.

"There's a lahar evacuation drill in the areas of Orting and Puyallup (and every year or two), and I think 45,000 people participated this year,” Iezzi said. In isolated incidences, lahars can ...

Stories describe Mount Rainier's shrinking peak due to melting ice, and the impact volcanic eruptions would have on places like Orting. Emergency drills, like the large lahar-evacuation drill for ...