Aug 20, 2009 | Mukilteo Tribune
City considers buying flood prone motel Residents would need to move
Blacksmith and fine metal artist Steve Bryant of Mount Vernon works to shape a metal rod into a piece of art Aug.
Robber who made floating getaway gets 6 years
A meticulous armored car robber who made his getaway by floating down a creek in Monroe now faces six years in prison.
Monroe man who pulled off heist with Craiglist decoys sentenced
3 missing boys found in Monroe
Three boys, ages 8 to 11, who had been missing since Wednesday night were found shortly after 9 a.m. today near their homes.
Dan Bates / The Herald Bill Easterling of the PUD pauses along Woods Creek, next to a small hydroelectric plant just below a waterfall, northeast of Monroe.
Mini dams planned for Washington state
More dams are coming -- but they won't be the hulking structures of the past. Instead, the Snohomish County Public Utility District wants to construct miniature versions -- "micro hydro" in industry jargon -- in the upper reaches of streams and creeks, above already existing natural barriers to salmon and other migratory fish.