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Snohomish County explores buying Oso mudslide properties
OSO — People who own land damaged by the March 22 mudslide started receiving letters last week from…
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Firefighters raising money to help Oso chief shoulder his workload
OSO — The rural fire hall has returned to relative quiet these days.
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County awards $6.4 million contract for Oso debris sifting
EVERETT — After months of searching and sifting, Snohomish County is getting down to the long-term clean-up of…
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Oso mudslide commission is off to a slow start
Establishing a commission to examine the causes and consequences of the Oso mudslide is taking longer than Snohomish…
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County courthouse remodel idea floated again
EVERETT — Some elected Snohomish County leaders want to scale back plans for a $162 million courthouse, even…
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More Oso mudslide damage claims filed
EVERETT — More survivors and family members of the March 22 Oso mudslide victims filed a dozen new…
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States top attorney to weigh in on halt to logging in slide-prone areas
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson is looking into whether the state panel that regulates logging can legally…
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‘Ham’ radio operators were called on to put skills to use
BRIER — It was Sunday, March 23 — the day after the Oso mudslide.
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At Oso mudslide, reminders of Mount St. Helens
OSO — What surprised me most was the enormity of it at close quarters.
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Retired nurse trains Red Cross volunteers to help in disasters
EVERETT — Retired nurse Yvonne Smith, 54, volunteers with the American Red Cross.
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Arlington man stepped up to supply Oso slide searchers
ARLINGTON — Jimmy Jira knew where to go.
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Vote on landslide-zone restrictions postponed again
EVERETT — Snohomish County policymakers have reached an impasse over whether to impose emergency restrictions on homebuilding near…
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After Oso, a new approach to emergencies: ‘Everybody jumps in’
OSO — All disasters begin and end at the local level.
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Solemn ceremony as Highway 530 reopens
OSO — On Saturday morning, a crowd of more than 100 people gathered on Highway 530 near the…
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Moment of silence to mark Highway 530 reopening
OSO — A one-lane stretch of Highway 530, which has been closed since the deadly March mudslide, is…
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The Spruce: A place of strength
An old spruce that stood when the mudslide hit was a living memorial to the resilience of Oso.
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The Rising
When the hillside fell, the people of the Stillaguamish Valley never doubted what they had to do. They…
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The dead and the missing
They were parents, children, spouses, friends. In all, 43 people died in the Oso mudslide of March 22,…
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Oso moments
Lasting memories from those who were there — the day it happened and the months thereafter.
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Places where people found help, hope, solace — and each other
These locations in the valley of the North Fork Stillaguamish River played an outsized role in the mudslide…