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BUSINESS BRIEFLY — Merchant breakfast in Port Townsend . . . and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Main Street Program is sponsoring a spring merchant breakfast, “Plug into Main Street Tools & Boost Your Business,” at… Continue reading

Barbara Welsh

How Snohomish County mudslide victims are getting help — and how you can donate to relief efforts

By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press OSO — As the search continues for survivors of a deadly mudslide in rural Snohomish County, the first steps… Continue reading

Barbara Welsh

Quinault officials say seawall breached at Taholah, declare emergency

By The Associated Press TAHOLAH — The Quinault Indian Nation has declared an emergency for coastal flooding in the lower village of Taholah in coastal… Continue reading

Robin Youngblood

The rescue of a 4-year-old . . . a couple swept away by a wall of mud . . . mudslide brings tales of heroism and loss

By The Associated Press DARRINGTON — As the search for mudslide victims entered its fifth day Wednesday, rescuers and residents at the scene brought back… Continue reading

Robin Youngblood
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Barbara Welsh

How Snohomish County mudslide victims are getting help — and how you can donate to relief efforts

By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press OSO — As the search continues for survivors of a deadly mudslide in rural Snohomish County, the first steps… Continue reading

Barbara Welsh

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Supreme Court justices seem divided over contraception rule

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed divided Tuesday over whether employers’ religious beliefs can free them from a part of the new health care law… Continue reading

State officials warn of mudslide scams

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — State officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning people to be wary of scams related to the destructive… Continue reading

Rescue workers remove one of a number of bodies from the wreckage of homes destroyed by a mudslide near Oso. The Associated Press

4th UPDATE — As many as 24 may be dead in huge mudslide

By P. SOLOMON BANDA, LISA BAUMANN, DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP and PHUONG LE The Associated Press ARLINGTON — Rescuers slogging through muck and rain Tuesday in… Continue reading

Rescue workers remove one of a number of bodies from the wreckage of homes destroyed by a mudslide near Oso. The Associated Press

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Supreme Court justices seem divided over contraception rule

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed divided Tuesday over whether employers’ religious beliefs can free them from a part of the new health care law… Continue reading

Darrington High School students make posters in the wake of the mudslide. The Associated Press

Scientist warned of mudslide danger 15 years ago

By PHUONG LE, Associated Press By MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press ARLINGTON — A scientist working for the government had warned 15 years ago about the… Continue reading

Darrington High School students make posters in the wake of the mudslide. The Associated Press

State officials warn of mudslide scams

By The Associated Press SEATTLE — State officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning people to be wary of scams related to the destructive… Continue reading

Rescue workers remove a body from the wreckage of homes destroyed by a mudslide near Oso. The Associated Press

18, 108, 176? How many missing from landslide?

By CHRIS GRYGIEL, Associated Press OSO — Three days after a huge landslide destroyed a small community in rural Washington state, authorities still had no… Continue reading

Rescue workers remove a body from the wreckage of homes destroyed by a mudslide near Oso. The Associated Press
Damage from the mudslide outside Oso. The Associated Press

‘It’s gone.’ Community copes with suffocating walls of deadly, concrete-like mud

By P. SOLOMON BANDA and MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press OSO — First there was a "whoosh." Elaine Young said she thought it might be a… Continue reading

Damage from the mudslide outside Oso. The Associated Press
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This graphic uses a 2012 aerial photo to outline Saturday's mudslide and the houses it ruined. State Highway 530 and the Stillaguamish River also are shown. This graphic also can be accessed at www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/23/us/washington-mudslide.html The New York Times  (Click on graphic to enlarge)

7th UPDATE — 14 confirmed dead in mudslide; list of potentially missing people now tops 176

By P. SOLOMON BANDA, LISA BAUMANN, DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP and PHUONG LE The Associated Press OSO — As the search for survivors of the destructive… Continue reading

This graphic uses a 2012 aerial photo to outline Saturday's mudslide and the houses it ruined. State Highway 530 and the Stillaguamish River also are shown. This graphic also can be accessed at www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/23/us/washington-mudslide.html The New York Times  (Click on graphic to enlarge)
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BRIEFLY — Funds for Port Angeles tourism now available … and other local news briefs

PORT ANGELES — An additional $5,000 is available to groups, clubs and organizations to help fund projects, special events and festivals that will attract overnight… Continue reading

A demolished house sits in the mud on State Highway 530 on Sunday

8th UPDATE — Death toll doubles to 8 in massive landslide in Snohomish County

By CHRIS GRYGIEL and DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP The Associated Press ARLINGTON — Searchers found five more bodies Sunday in the tangled sludge of a massive… Continue reading

A demolished house sits in the mud on State Highway 530 on Sunday
A steady stream of mud and water flows away from the mudslide blocking the road on state Highway 530 on Sunday

6th UPDATE: Fire chief reports Oso landslide toll rises to 4

By Donna Gordon Blankinship The Associated Press ARLINGTON — Searchers found another body Sunday in the debris from a massive landslide, bringing the death toll… Continue reading

A steady stream of mud and water flows away from the mudslide blocking the road on state Highway 530 on Sunday