Index News

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office helicopter was used to rescue two men injured Friday during separate outings.

Damn.....All this because Palin is talking trash in a runners mag.. And it makes national news.

Investigators believe some sort of explosive device started a fire Monday night near Index that destroyed three campers.

Michael O'Leary / The Herald Mary Lindeberger once had beach in front of her home along the North Fork Skykomish River above Index.

BY POLLY KEARY , EDITOR Granite is wonderful rock for rock climbers. It's rough enough to grip, forms cracks that are fun to ascend and is loaded with the natural features that make good hand and foot holds.

Heads up off-road riders. Hundreds of acres in the Reiter Foothills area are now closed to motorized vehicles.

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Kevin Nortz / The Herald Jonah Harrison, 36, of Seattle prepares for his next move while climbing a route known as Japanese Gardens in Index on Thursday.

Climber Joel Harrison's effort to save the famous Index Lower Town Wall, a favorite climbing spot, is nearing its peak.

ARLINGTON a ' The time is now, June 1 - 5, to file and launch your campaign to run for office for county council, city councils, school boards and various other taxing districts, like fire districts and water districts.

Kevin Nortz / The Herald The Bush House, a historic hotel located in Index, is on a newly released list of endangered properties in Washington state.

Twelve year-old Waylon Roberts, a sixth-grader at St. Alphonsus School in Ballard, nominated the Bush House in Index, Wash.

Sometimes seemingly little ideas can have a big impact. In "The Democracy Index," Yale Law School professor Heather K. Gerken proposes that states and local municipalities be ranked based on how well they run their election systems.

Rafters run Class V Boulder Drop on Washington's Skykomish River. This may border on sacrilege, coming from a river state like Oregon, but Washington has some outstanding white-water day trips on its rivers, too.

Adam Ketzenberg, 22, of Redmond navigates up a trail with his 1989 Ford Bronco on Department of Natural Resources land off Reiter Road between Gold Bar and Index on Thursday.

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Photo courtesy of Skykomish Historical Society col This view looking northwest shows the new bridge on the Stevens Pass Highway near Index.

Had a client today who broke search all the way. And in their attempts to straighten it out they changed some pieces that weren't broken.

In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Doug Kemp, of Sturbridge, Mass., pumps gas at the Ell-Bern service station in Boston.

That said, however, we are relatively happy. By "we" I mean us Washingtonians who scored in the top tier of states in an ongoing measurement of how Americans view their satisfaction with life.