TACOMA, Wash — Mount Rainier National ... before it was called "Rainier." "The mountain is our life giver," said Amber Hayward, Program Director of the Puyallup Tribal Language Program.

Lahars are one of the risks with a Mount Rainier eruption, so many foothill communities prepare. "There's a lahar evacuation drill in the areas of Orting and Puyallup (and every year or two), and ...