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Ten years later, The Daily Herald spoke with dozens of people — first responders, family, survivors — touched by the deadliest slide in U.S. history.
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A ceremony to honor the 43 lost on March 22, 2014, began at 10 a.m. Friday.
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Locals reflected on living with grief and finding meaning in the wake of a catastrophe “nothing like you can ever imagine” in 2014.
The landslide lacked the scale of what happened in Oso a decade ago. But it also rocked a community.
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Here’s an overview of past Herald coverage of the 2014 Oso mudslide.
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Ten years ago, the deadliest slide in U.S. history struck between Arlington and Darrington. Here’s a look back.
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Too often with natural hazards, it takes a tragedy, geologists said. Now the state allocates millions to mapping landslides.
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At the 2-acre site, bronze and steel sculptures rise against the backdrop of the slide, making use of shadows and light — tragedy and hope.
Led by Washington Democrats in Congress, the national legislation looks to continue efforts to understand and respond to landslides.
The driver and passenger were ejected from the motorcycle Sunday afternoon west of Darrington. DUI was suspected, according to the state patrol.
In the deadliest mudslide in U.S. history, 43 people died. Families, survivors and responders honored the victims Wednesday.
The public is invited to attend this year’s remembrance ceremony at the site of the slide that killed 43 people in 2014.
A driver heading east allegedly crossed the center line and hit the other man’s truck head-on Tuesday afternoon near Oso.
Ryan Gray was driving east of Arlington when he rear-ended a Jeep, according to the Washington State Patrol.
There was no detour for several hours Thursday afternoon as detectives investigated the four-vehicle collision.
The hope is to complete work at the site near Oso in time for a 10-year remembrance ceremony in 2024.
Since 2014, families have mourned at a roadside shrine near Oso, but “we knew we needed something bigger.”
