A backpacker who went missing on a trek from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley was found dead just two miles from his starting ...

A well-known and beloved Washington state teacher plummeted to his death just two miles into a planned solo backpack trek ...

An island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

Harris Levinson, a high school teacher from Washington state, fell 100 feet to his death into the North Fork of Lone Pine ...

A missing hiker from Washington state was found dead after he didn’t pick up his food cache, California officials said.

Inyo County Search & Rescue Recover Body of Missing Hiker on the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek After Fatal Fall ...

Your morning catch-up: 80-year-old completes Death Valley race, immigration action in Ventura sparks protest and more big ...

In 1987, five runners gathered in Death Valley early in the morning with plans to run to Mount Whitney — the highest point in the contiguous U.S. — in Californi ...

Harris Levinson, who taught high school in Washington state for decades, died one day into his trek to Yosemite National Park, the Inyo County Sheriff's Office reported.

California teen lost touch with reality, walked off Mount Whitney, dad says 'He was in an altered mental state, and I don't know what caused it' ...

It begins in Whitney Portal before clambering up to 14,494 feet above sea level — the pinnacle of the lower 48 states. Permits are required for that, and can be notoriously hard to come by.

Boilermakers can attend an upcoming workshop about skin cancer to help educate themselves on protecting their skin. The Healthy Boiler workshop "Skin Cancer Awareness" will be hosted by Whitney Soto, ...