It is unclear whether the father and son reached the summit, but any travelers reaching altitudes of 8,000 feet — sometimes lower — are susceptible to altitude sickness and symptoms.

Zane Wach, 14, left, began hallucinating before stepping off a 120-foot cliff while hiking with his father, seen right.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Governor Tina Kotek visited Harney County to assess the damage from historic flooding and pledged an initial $40,000 to cover landfill fees for residents clearing debris ...

The Sun is a disc, not a single point of light. We define sunrise as the moment the top edge of the Sun appears over the horizon, and sunset as the moment the top edge disappears.

I attached my sunrise from southeast of Oral, South Dakota in Fall River County looking northwest at the Black Hills of South Dakota enjoying the morning alpine glow in the sky and then on the Harney ...

It's not often one can catch the sunrise atop Pikes Peak via road or railway. That chance is coming up July 21, via the Pikes Peak Highway and The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

In 2016, the Federal Board of Geographic Names voted to rename South Dakota’s highest point, formerly Harney Peak, as Black Elk Peak. The move was part of re-examining Army Gen. William S ...

There is another Islamic term regarding prayer time that is called Istiwa. It is a time when the sun reaches the highest peak at noon and it is not permissible to offer Salat at the forbidden prayer ...

Black Elk Peak — also called Harney Peak, depending on whom you ask — rises 7,244 feet above the wilderness of the central Black Hills in South Dakota.

The U.S. winter of 2017-18 was one of wild temperature variations, bringing to mind some of the most dramatic historical extremes of rapid temperature change in U.S. history.