A hand-held flashlight reveals the green color of a rough emerald from the Coscuez Emerald mine in Colombia. Photo by Eric Welch/GIA. Emerald is the green to bluish green variety of beryl, a mineral ...

A historic lodge at Camp Long in West Seattle caught fire Monday night, leading to a massive response from the Seattle Fire Department. The fire reportedly started around 8 p.m. on the first floor ...

The Ottawa National Forest has released its last update on the Summit Lake Fire which began on Oct. 18. The fire located in the northwest corner of the McCormick Wilderness between Summit Lake and ...

Follow Highway 89 south from Tahoe City, California, (about 20 miles) or north from South Lake Tahoe, California, (about 10 miles) and you'll come across the spectacular vistas of Emerald Bay.

Dariel Vasquez was fighting a fire Saturday in Greenwood Lake with the New York State Parks Department when he died, police said. He was fatally injured by a fallen tree, according to the New York ...

From music-themed hotels on Puget Sound to cozy inns at Pike Place Market, these are the best hotels in Seattle. We’ve ...

Lodge Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.