Marblemount News

Every year the upper Skagit River becomes a confluence of bald eagles, rotting salmon carcasses and people.

Janet, who requested her last name remain anonymous, of Mount Vernon shows how to bundle up - plants too - to protect against harsh, and cold, winter weather.

A deep fog hangs over Desolation Peak. On the very top of the mountain, looking like some ancient Chinese scroll painting, sits an impossibly tiny hut shrouded in the mist.

Fall is here, and yet many people have to wonder: Where have are all those brilliant gold, yellow and orange leaves been? Local botanists agree that the leaves are a little late in turning this year.

Jon Riedel and I stand at a trailhead that leads to Washington's Mount Baker with nine high school students who have come to the Pacific Northwest for a month to learn about climate change.

The pain is still very real. Jennifer Holloman says she feels it every day. "The community has lost a lot of its trust, it's such a small community, a close-knit community," said Holloman.

Cascade River Road will be closed for the season at milepost 12.7 beginning Sept.

MARBLEMOUNT, Wash. - A 36-year-old Portland man injured in a fall in Washington's North Cascades National Park has been rescued.

Skagit County search and rescue workers launched two searches Wednesday in the North Cascades Mountains for two missing men.

Skagit County search and rescue workers launched two searches Wednesday in the North Cascades Mountains for two missing men.

Lightning storms passed through the North Cascades Saturday igniting seven fires on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

Wildflowers above Rainy Pass, Lake Ann and Washington's North Cascades Highway. Northern Washington's rugged mountains can be brutes to climb because of long approaches and technical difficulties.

A Sedro-Woolley man was in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon after losing control of his pickup truck near Marblemount and striking a tree, according to hospital and State Patrol officials.

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.