Wes Atwood (from left) Branden Campbell, Shayla Adkins and Joshua Scott work to put out a hot spot at the scene of the Hot Shot fire Wednesday outside Oso. The fire was discovered in an active timber harvest area May 12 and is 100 percent contained.

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Weather is behind what’s expected to be a nasty wildfire season

GOLD BAR — It’s shaping up to be a nasty wildfire season.

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1 of 2 brothers accused in Oso deaths will return to Washington

EVERETT — Tony Clyde Reed, one of two brothers accused of killing an Arlington-area couple last month, soon…

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County balks at unknown pair requesting murder case records

EVERETT — Snohomish County prosecutors want a judge to weigh in on whether detectives investigating the apparent killings…

John Reed (left) and Tony Reed.

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Prosecutor on double-murder suspect: ‘I’m hopeful he’ll talk’

EVERETT — Double murder suspect Tony Clyde Reed could be returned to Snohomish County by the end of…

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Proctor Creek fire near Gold Bar, Index fully contained

GOLD BAR — The wildfire that burned across hundreds of acres and triggered evacuation notices this weekend between…

John (left) and Tony Reed

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1 suspect in Arlington couple’s murder surrrenders

EVERETT — One of two brothers sought in connection with the presumed killings of an Arlington-area couple surrendered…

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Weekend rain helped, but 2 Snohomish County fires burn on

GOLD BAR — Crews continued to battle local wildfires Monday, four days after flames were spotted in a…

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Rain halts fire advance, more crews on scene

GOLD BAR — Rainfall has kept two wildfires in Snohomish County from growing Sunday, and additional firefighters have…

The Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Emergency Management and Preparedness Department in Darrington shared this photo Friday afternoon of the wildland fire in Oso.

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Crews fight wildfire west of Oso

OSO — A wildfire west of Oso continued to burn Friday, reaching about 130 acres by 4 p.m.

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Search for missing Oso couple ‘taxing’; suspects still at large

OSO — Efforts to find them have been exhaustive and exhausting.

In Our View

Stilly Valley already a winner

This is not a beauty contest.

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee asks questions after hearing the pitch.

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Stilly Valley a finalist in national Best Communities contest

DURHAM, N.C. — A plan to turn tragedy into a brighter future for people in the Stillaguamish Valley…

Oso Fire Department Chaplain Joel Johnson speaks at the event.

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Friends, family gather to remember missing husband and wife

OSO — Patrick Shunn and Monique Patenaude could meet strangers on the street and make friends of them…

Patrick Shunn and Monique Patenaude

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Brothers charged with killing couple; bail at $5 million each

OSO — The manhunt for two brothers suspected of killing an Arlington-area couple has crossed state lines and…

John Reed (left) and Tony Reed.

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Clues in murder case: Blood, video and cellphone movement

OSO — A missing Oso couple presumed dead were afraid of their former next-door neighbor, John Reed, court…

John (left) and Tony Reed

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Hunt on for 2 brothers suspected of killing Arlington couple

OSO — Six days after an Arlington-area couple disappeared, the hunt was on Sunday for their suspected killers.

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What we know and what we don’t 2 years after Oso slide

On March 22, 2014, a hillside above Oso collapsed, unleashing a torrent of mud and debris that buried…

Darrington Mayor Dan Rankin addresses a crowd gathered for a public ceremony to commemorate the reopening of Highway 530 at the Oso mudslide site Sept. 27, 2014. Two years later, Darrington is recovering through natural resource development and STEM classes.

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Oso: 2 years on, many contribute to the region’s future

DARRINGTON — Mayor Dan Rankin can’t remember everyone who was there.

In May 2014, firefighters worked to extinguish a fire that consumed two houses near the corner of 23rd Street and Lombard Avenue in Everett, now the site for Habitat for Humanity’s Phoenix II project. Ground was broken Saturday for a new home that will be built there. The group’s goal is to help a family impacted by the Oso landslide.

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Ground broken for new home to help victims of Oso landslide

Two years ago this week, just three days after the devastating mudslide claimed 43 lives near Oso, Habitat…

Kim Cavanaugh (left) and Faith Cavanaugh haul broken irrigation pipe from the Haller Park wetlands Sunday morning during the week of service in Arlington.

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Week of Service: After Oso slide, WSU students help recovery

ARLINGTON — Volunteers spread clear plastic out on the floors and stairs at Arlington City Hall and started…