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• Search resumes today for missing Fairchild airman

  April 3, 2012 in News Emergency crews are resuming a search today for a missing Fairchild airman in the Bowl and Pitcher area of the Spokane River. 1

• Getting lost can cost – and taxpayers get hit

  February 1, 2012 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 The first call came from snowmobilers near the old mining town of Murray, Idaho. Dusk had set in, and the caller was worried about a man who had gotten separated … 11

• 7-month-old dog rescued by forestry trainees

  January 26, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page A1 Nothing prepares adventurers for the anxiety of looking for a lost dog, especially in the backcountry as the sun sinks below the horizon and the coyotes yip in the distance. … 6

• Experts: Risks along with rewards on Mount Rainier

  January 23, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — As the search for four people on the slopes of Mount Rainier stretches into its second week, experts say the rewards for the hardy few who attempt the … 1

• Searchers find missing boys

  January 17, 2011 in News Missing boys, 7 and 9, are found safe after search of Little Spokane River drainage 13

• Gondola aids rescue of man near river

  December 30, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane rescue crews used a car from the Riverfront Park Skyride to bring a man up from the river’s edge near the Monroe Street Bridge on Wednesday afternoon. Patrons at … 1

• Program offers teens search, rescue skills

  December 30, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S7 They could have been home watching television or playing video games. They could have spent the evening catching up on homework or texting their friends. Instead, a group of teens …

• Snowshoers found safe at Snoqualmie Pass

  December 27, 2010 in Region SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. (AP) — Four women who spent the night in the mountains after getting lost snowshoeing at Snoqualmie Pass have been found, safe but cold and wet. 15

• Search on for overdue Post Falls hunters

  October 27, 2010 in Idaho A Post Falls man and his teenaged daughter are missing in North Idaho following a hunting trip Monday, and Shoshone County search and rescue teams are searching the St. Joe …

• Hikers found safe, laser aimed at searchers

  September 2, 2010 in City Four hikers were found early today following a four-hour search in Liberty Lake Regional Park, Spokane sheriff’s deputies said. 14

• Skills to live by

    February 7, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 Get out of harm’s way. Shelter yourself from the elements. Build a fire. Signal your location. These basic elements of backcountry survival are easier said than done. “You can’t just …

• Rescuers would be hard to find without help from volunteers

  February 7, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 Usually news reports mention them only in passing, something like this: “The injured hunter was found this morning by a search and rescue team after being reported missing last night …

• Searchers credited with finding injured hiker

  November 16, 2009 in City Volunteer searchers are being credited for locating a missing hiker early Sunday after she broke her ankle along a Riverside State Park trail. 3

• Hiker found after night in forest

  November 9, 2009 in City on Page A6 After spending a cold, restless night huddled against a tree in a North Idaho forest, Alisa Franck walked out early Sunday, greeted by two members of a search-and-rescue team. Throughout …

• Wolf plan meeting Tuesday in Spokane

  October 25, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C13 ENDANGERED SPECIES – Public comments will be heard in Spokane on Tuesday on a recently released draft management plan with guidelines for removing gray wolves from Washington’s state endangered species …

• Lost hunter found in CdA National Forest

  October 19, 2009 in Idaho A 29-year-old hunter is recovering after spending a night lost in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest.

• Resort employee rescued after day on Silver Mountain

  October 5, 2009 in Idaho A Silver Mountain Ski Resort employee was rescued after spending Sunday lost on the mountain.

• Fishermen Rescued After Staying Afloat Four Days In Raft Coast Guard Continues Search For Man Off California Coast

  December 21, 1996 in City on Page B5 Fred Fisher was lying in his bunk on his Charleston-based fishing boat, the El Pescador, when the net apparently hung up on the bottom and the boat began to roll. …

• Rescue Copters Get High-Tech Help Ground Crews Being Equipped With Systems To Pinpoint Locations

  November 2, 1996 in City on Page B6 Rescue teams that normally use smoke and mirrors to guide helicopters to remote emergency scenes are getting some high-tech help: State troopers, sheriff’s deputies and ambulance crews based in Kittitas …

• Camper Survives 8 Days Trapped In Canyon

  October 18, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A2 Being trapped for eight days in a deep crevasse in southern Utah taught John Ey patience, if nothing else. Ey, a 44-year-old printer and photographer from Tucson, Ariz., was rescued …

• Body Will Be Left On Mountain Site Too Treacherous For Recovery Of Missing Climbers

  July 3, 1996 in City on Page B5 A body believed to be that of a climber missing on Mount Hunter will probably be left at the 8,000-foot level, a National Park Service spokeswoman said today. “Given the …

• Amazing Recovery Boy Surprises Everybody After Nearly Drowning

  July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Seth Wagner, left, tests his endurance on a mountain bike as he adn therapist Kathy Schoults ride by St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute on Tuesday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review …

• Boy Radioes Sos From Parked Boat

  July 3, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 An 11-year-old boy kept rescuers busy for hours by radioing fake distress calls from a boat parked in his grandfather’s driveway, authorities said. Donald Zubkoff could face charges for telling …