When people were scaling steps on the campus at John Brown University this April to raise money for a local nonprofit, Dennis ...

Jim Whittaker stands atop Mount Everest on May 1, 1963, holding an American flag and ice axe after becoming the first American to reach the 29,032-foot summit. He and Sherpa Nawang Gombu spent roughly ...

SEATTLE — Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

Runner and mountaineer Ty Andrews is attempting to set the speed record for climbing Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. Andrews, a Concord native, has transitioned from competitive running to ...

In March 2024, Shaunna Burke found a lump on her left breast while taking a shower. The timing of the discovery was terrible: Burke, who was 48 at the time, was two months out from running the Everest ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) -Thousands of people in the Cincinnati area visited the Holy Cross-Immaculate parish in Mt. Adams for the annual Good Friday Praying of the Steps. It’s an event dating back to the ...

Every year, Good Friday observers go up to the top of Mt. Cristo Rey in Sunland Park. Good Morning El Paso's Nicole Ardila joins the holiday observers on Friday during their holy pilgrimage starting ...

Courtesy photo Guides from Ultimate Kilimanjaro (holding flag) helped the group of four reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. KILIMANJARO REGION, Tanzania — Though it’s been a little more than a week ...

Jubilee Party Deputy Leader Fred Matiang’I and other leaders during the official opening of the party Rift Valley regional and Nakuru County offices in Section 58, Nakuru City, on February 10, 2026.

An injured climber and his friend spent the night in the frozen Mt. Shasta wilderness after one of the men slid 700 feet down the mountain. The two Bay Area residents visited the Shasta-Trinity ...

While the Town of Mount Pleasant has changed immensely since its early days as an upscale bedroom community just across the river from downtown Charleston, Mount Pleasant today has emerged as a ...