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‘Oso Strong’ tested after two weeks of searching through mudslide for victims

Workers have been digging channels in the debris field in Oso to help divert the water from the rain that's expected over the next few days. They are trying to keep the search areas as dry as possible. And despite two weeks of digging through the debris, searchers are still determined to find every person lost in the mud.
13 years ago

Sign the petition: Bring President Obama to Oso

We're going to the top - Ron and Don want you to sign a petition to get President Obama to visit Oso.
13 years ago

13-year-old battles school dress code on behalf of leggings

Yoga pants and leggings are back in the headlines but this time, a 13-year-old finds herself in the middle of a battle with her school for her right to wear leggings.
13 years ago

Oso mudslide death toll 30; families, crews bond amid search

Larry Nicky says he promised the familes of those who are missing and those who are dead, that he would be there for them. Every night he meets with those families face to face.
13 years ago

Video: First helicopter rescue following mudslide

The roar of the hillside collapsing was so loud that Robin Youngblood thought an airplane had crashed. But when she looked out the window of her mobile home, all she saw was a wall of mud racing across her beloved river valley toward her home.
13 years ago

Oso slide inspiring songs, musical benefits

Singer/songwriter Jesse Taylor is an Arlington-native whose single "Out Here in the Country" includes lyrics about skipping rocks on the river and drinking beer at a dive bar.
13 years ago

Coach Pete Carroll names Seahawk destined for ‘The Bachelor’

Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll stopped by the This IS Reality show on Wednesday to talk about one of his favorite shows, The Bachelorette.
13 years ago

Community bank offers to forgive home loan debt for customers impacted by Oso mudslide

Around 40 homes were destroyed in the Oso landslide and many who lost their houses probably still owe payments on their home loans.
13 years ago

29 killed in Oso mudslide; respect paid as more of the missing are discovered

When the giant excavators and chainsaws go quiet in Oso, everyone on the debris field knows what's happening: human remains have been found in the mud.
13 years ago

Starbucks apologizes to woman who claims drinks were served with satanic messages

Starbucks has apologized to a customer after she claimed she was served two drinks featuring satanic messages.
13 years ago

Mouse stops I-5 driver right in her tracks

It wasn't the safest place to pull over, but two women felt they needed to get out of their car immediately during the Tuesday morning commute.
13 years ago

Snohomish Jeff didn’t win the chance to sell Jimmy Fallon a Ford F-150

#SnohomishJeff is out of the running. In fact, they've got a winner, and it wasn't Jeff Wing, it was Pete Porzio of Frankfurt, Illinois.
13 years ago

Professor: Teen pregnancy in US declining, thanks in part to reality TV

When it comes to the astronomical teen birthrate in America researchers are trying to figure out what will work to stop kids from having kids.
13 years ago

‘Incredible disappearing passenger’ doesn’t fool Washington State Patrol

Some people go for a mannequin, but the latest person trying to trick state patrol troopers with a fake passenger kept things really simple.
13 years ago

Gov. Inslee tours site of mudslide by air, asks for federal disaster declaration

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is asking President Barack Obama for a major disaster declaration in Snohomish County to make programs available to help individuals, households and businesses impacted by the massive Oso mudslide on March 22.
13 years ago

Two-legged Washington dog’s beach run goes viral

A Washington dog's first trip to the beach is getting lots of attention.
13 years ago

Death toll climbs to 24 following Oso mudslide

The death toll has risen to 21 in the Oso mudslide, officials confirmed at a briefing Sunday evening, while the number of missing has dropped to 22.
13 years ago

Home Loans and Mortgages

Buying a home can be a confusing process. Interest rates change, there can sometimes be hidden costs to the buying process, and, how exactly do you get a mortgage anyway? Heather Hendrix from Directors Mortgage helps Pete understand the homebuying process.
13 years ago

Nowhere else to be for rogue volunteers assisting at Oso mudslide

They've been told to stay away, but rogue volunteers have been heading out to the site of the Oso mudslide, without permission or designation as a "volunteer" day after day.
13 years ago

Death toll rises in Oso mudslide

Authorities say the number of missing from the deadly landslide has plummeted to 30 after many people were found safe.
13 years ago

Counselors, dogs helping kids cope with Oso mudslide aftermath

Counselors of the two and four-legged variety are helping school kids cope with the mudslide disaster.
13 years ago

Searchers grieving as they seek mudslide victims

Firefighters, search crews, they haven't complained at all. They soldier on every day, they go out there every day they know at this point they're probably not going to find survivors, even though they maintain they will - because they want to, and we want them to.
13 years ago

Closure for volunteer searcher who found sister in Oso mudslide

For Dayn Brunner and his family there is closure: on Wednesday, his sister, Summer Raffo, was found in the mud, in her car, as they expected.
13 years ago

Officials delay increasing death toll in Oso mudslide for one more day

Rescuers began tiring and work moved slowly as the search effort in the Oso landslide reached its sixth day.
13 years ago