Verlot News

Don't forget a permit To cut a tree on National Forest land, you'll need a permit.

Expect crowds today if you need to buy a permit from the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest before heading out to cut your Christmas tree.

If you have visions of family trips to the woods to cut down your Christmas tree, now's the time to get a permit.

The public can buy permits to cut Christmas trees on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest beginning Nov.

Snohomish County sheriff's officials and firefighters worked Thursday to get to the driver of a truck that went over a steep embankment on a Forest Service road off the Mountain Loop Highway.

Emergency crews are responding to a truck that plunged over an embankment off the Mountain Loop Highway, about 25 miles east of Granite Falls.

Length: Four miles round-trip to lake; .8-mile trail around lake . Level of difficulty: Moderately difficult dirt/gravel trail; many rocks and roots, so good footwear recommended; mucky in parts due to small streams crossing trail.

Length: Four miles round-trip to lake; .8-mile trail around lake . Level of difficulty: Moderately difficult dirt/gravel trail; many rocks and roots, so good footwear recommended; mucky in parts due to small streams crossing trail.

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... central Snohomish County in west central Washington... this includes the cities of... Verlot... Silverton... robe... index... Gold Bar... * until 730 PM PDT * at 622 PM PDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm complex ...

The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... central Snohomish County in west central Washington... this includes the cities of... Verlot... Silverton... robe... index... Gold Bar... * until 730 PM PDT * at 622 PM PDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm complex ...

From afar, the new Ice Caves Trail Bridge shines as white as the glacial snow just a mile up the trail.

The new bridge to the ice caves at the base of Big Four Mountain is scheduled to open Saturday, allowing hikers access to the one of the most popular sights in Snohomish County and arguably the best-used trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

Since 2006 the ice caves were not accesible unless you braved crossing the icy Stillaguamish River yourself.

An investigation has been launched to determine what led police to fatally shoot a man as he tried to drive away from an Everett restaurant just before midnight Wednesday.

Mountain Loop Highway, about 9 miles outside of Granite Falls, was closed for over three hours last Friday afternoon when Snohomish County Sheriff's Deputies shot a man over a dispute regarding weed control.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner on Tuesday identified Daniel L. Wasilchen as the man killed by deputies Friday night.

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner on Tuesday identified Daniel L. Wasilchen as the man killed by deputies Friday night.

H.F. "Sonny" Gohrman was going door-to-door Friday afternoon warning people about Japanese knotweed.

An apparent argument over weed control escalated Friday into a confrontation with Snohomish County sheriff's deputies that left one man fatally shot, a spokesman said.