Marblemount News

A.J. Zartman, left, 17, of Birdsview, and Clyde Nunley, 19, of Concrete, corralled a spring run of chinook salmon at the Marblemount Hatchery on Thursday.

Search and rescue workers started looking today for a 22-year-old Everett hiker who has been missing in the North Cascades since Thursday.

Posted by: Clan Heather Dancers Phone: 467-8648 Email: Website: http://www.nas.com/clanheather The Clan Heather Dancers offer introductory Scottish and Irish step dance workshops on Saturday, May 16 at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland.

The City Council will close its public comment period today on $134,741 in federal grants for various projects, such as modifying up to 20 homes to make them more energy efficient.

A state Health Department official was on Guemes Island Monday, investigating the source of E. coli contamination discovered last week in the water supply of the Holiday Hideaway Water Association.

A semi tractor rolled over today spilling a load of railroad ties onto Highway 9 has blocked the roadway today at Doram Road, near Whickersham, just north of the Skagit-Whatcom County line.

Posted by: Skagit Readymix & Smokey Point Concrete Phone: 425-508-3481 Email: Website: http://www.SkagitReadymix.Com Scott Christianson from Arlington is the new Sales Manager for Smokey Point Concrete & Skagit Readymix.

Jerry and Jan Barto, the king and queen of Mardi Gras, dance at the Island Hospital Foundation's sixth annual Gala of Hope.

On April 29, U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Rick Larsen introduced the U.S. Ferry Systems Investment Act of 2009 that, if approved, will increase federal support for the country's ferry systems and direct million of dollars to Washington State Ferries.

Just after noon Sunday, the Battle of the Northern Pass and the Attack on Marblemount started with a blast of Southern sniper fire.

The blue-green waters of Diablo Lake, surrounded by the forested mountains of the North Cascades National Park.

Staff at Washington's three national parks want to focus early efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in these key areas.

A grand jury in Seattle has returned a 40-count indictment against seven people accused of running a mortgage fraud scheme in Seattle's suburbs.

An old snag resembles a human figure. Many have sped past Wildwood Chapel on their way elsewhere, probably wondering exactly what that white blur was.

Disaster relief officials knocking on doors in the Summer Meadows neighborhood Monday had a message for residents: Flood damage can sneak up on you, even months after the waters recede.

A 73-year-old Concrete, Wash., man is facing a possible charge of vehicular homicide after he crashed a minivan into a highway guardrail Saturday evening, killing his passenger.

A passenger is dead and the 73-year-old driver is in jail following a one-car crash in Skagit County.

A program aimed to help residents stay warm during cold weather has been in high demand in east Skagit County this winter.

Skagit County Public Works employee Eric Woiwood hooks up a downed alder tree Friday on the South Skagit Highway so it can be hoisted over the side of the road with a boom while Alex Frizzell operates a small ...

After flooding and mudslides last week made a number of upriver roads inaccessible, some residents are beginning to ask town officials when help will come.