Skykomish News

Jeff Smith's home on the Skykomish River adjoins the location where Snohomish PUD wants to build a hydroelectric project.

The owners of a bar that was a North Cascades favorite before it was set on fire last month say they are working to rebuild.

Fiddler Ryan McKasson will appear in Skykomish next month with guitarist Dave Bartley for a performance of traditional Scottish music.

If a dam currently under study by the Snohomish County PUD is built at this site on the south fork of the Skykomish River near Index, river advocates fear it will reduce two spectacular falls a mile downriver to a trickle.

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office is asking for help finding a Monroe-area man who has been missing for more than a week.

Michael O'Leary/The Herald Jeff Smith and Kainoa MarQuis fear the loss of their home on the south fork of the Skykomish River if the Snohomish County PUD builds a microdam above their property.