Verlot
New Forest Service official focused on stewardship
EVERETT -- For the first time in its 100-year history, the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is under the leadership of a woman.
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
County cleared in fatal weed-control conflict
VERLOT -- A federal judge has handed Snohomish County a big victory by throwing out a civil lawsuit filed in connection with a 2009 police shooting that left a Verlot man dead.
Date: 04/27/2012 | Local News
County weed inspector under scrutiny in lawsuit
VERLOT -- More than one manager raised concerns about an apparent lack of oversight for a Snohomish County weed inspector, whose fellow co-workers reportedly nicknamed him "Little Hitler" because of his temper, according to court documents recently filed as part of a federal lawsuit.
Date: 04/03/2012 | Local News
Public enemy
Forest Service wants your advice on tackling noxious weeds
Date: 03/19/2012 | Local News
Family sues federal government over girl's death at ice caves
VERLOT -- Lawyers representing the family of a Marysville girl who was killed by a falling chunk of ice in 2010 near the Big Four Ice Caves have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the federal government.
Date: 12/20/2011 | Local News
Hiker who fell to his death on Pilchuck is identified
VERLOT -- Officials on Thursday identified a man who fell to his death on Mount Pilchuck earlier this week.
Date: 09/08/2011 | Local News
Hiker dies on Mount Pilchuck after 300-foot fall off cliff
VERLOT -- A Snohomish County Search and Rescue helicopter on Wednesday recovered the body of a hiker who fell to his death on Mount Pilchuck the day before.The identity of the man, 29, was not immediately released. He is believed to be from Bellingham.
Date: 09/07/2011 | Local News
Search and rescue crew aid hikers in two incidents
DARRINGTON -- Snohomish County Search and Rescue crews went out twice Monday to help hikers in trouble.Two men and a 17-year-old boy were reported overdue from a hike in the Skagit County area north of Darrington, Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
Date: 08/16/2011 | Local News
Remembering Grace
A daughter who died at Big Four Ice Caves in 2010 is honored
Date: 08/01/2011 | Local News
Deaths of two campers off Mountain Loop ruled suicides
VERLOT -- The deaths of two campers discovered off the Mountain Loop Highway have been ruled suicides.The two were husband and wife, and both died of gunshot wounds to the head, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Date: 07/20/2011 | Local News
Bodies found near Verlot
Sheriff's spokeswoman says foul play not suspected
Date: 07/19/2011 | Local News
2 who died in plane crash near Verlot are identified
VERLOT -- A father and son who died in a plane crash near Verlot last weekend have been identified.
Date: 07/14/2011 | Local News
Questions, grief linger on fifth anniversary of hikers killings
Five years later, David Stodden still hikes the remote trail where his wife and daughter were killed.The Seattle man continues to make periodic trips to Granite Falls to post fliers seeking information that could lead to an arrest.
Date: 07/10/2011 | Local News
Access to Big Four, Barlow Pass open along Mountain Loop Highway
VERLOT -- Snohomish County road crews cleared the way Tuesday to the Big Four Ice Caves, Barlow Pass and other recreation areas along the Mountain Loop Highway.
Date: 06/10/2011 | Local News




