Mount Rainier was quiet Wednesday morning. The lahar siren at a Puyallup fire station was not. The lahar-warning system at the station at 311 W. Pioneer went off about 10 a.m. The Puyallup Police ...

The Puyallup River valley can expect monthly chimes in lieu of blaring sirens going forward. Pierce County has upgraded the lahar siren system to include blue strobe lights, a voice message and a few ...

SUMNER, Wash. A lahar warning siren test that failed a week ago went off without a hitch Tuesdaymorning. A siren at Sumner Industrial Park wailed for about 40 seconds. Pierce County officials say a ...

TACOMA, Wash. - Pierce County officials say it was a bad audio file that caused the failure of 17 sirens during a volcano warning test. Instead of playing a wailing noise last week, the sirens made ...

Pierce County re-tested its lahar warning siren Tuesday morning--and this time it worked. Last week, a test failed when a defective audio file caused only short blips to emit from the speakers meant ...

County officials tried out the sirens on Tuesday. An electronic status board reported that the system was working - but the sirens didn't make any noise. Emergency management director Steve Bailey ...