Local News

<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, April 10, 2008 Wild Sky wins Senate approval Wilderness area headed to House By Jim Haley Herald Writer The U.S. Senate today approved a bill that would create a new wilderness area in Washington. The bill is a major step toward creating the Wild Sky Wilderness in eastern Snohomish County, but it’s not the final vote. U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., said the House would have to vote once more because the Senate version was approved in a large package of land-use measures. In the House, Wild Sky was approved as a single measure. The wilderness would be about 106,000 acres north of U.S. 2 and the towns of Index and Skykomish. It would be the first wilderness created in the state since 1984. This is the fourth time that Wild Sky has passed the Senate. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., championed the measure, getting approval three times since 2002. Each time in the past, Wild Sky languished in the House. In April 2007, the Democratic-controlled House approved it. The wilderness issue for the first time stalled in the Senate last year when it and other federal land decisions were stymied over the cost of implementing them.

1. Tulalip man, 20, charged with baby boy's murder 2. Donated safe gives Marysville museum a mystery 3. Fears over commercial air service at Paine Field dismissed 4. Everett officer charged with manslaughter reveals plan for defense 5. Merchants reject security for downtown Snohomish 6. Holmgren interested in returning to Seahawks 7. Friends open account for orphaned daughters of Highway 9 crash victims 8. Crack That Safe 9. Country singing contestant Chance McKinney amazed by his fans 10. Have M’s, Figgins reached a deal? 2 - Top 10 Stories Most Talked about 3 - Top 10 Stories Most Emailed

• Wildcats fall to familar foe in semis • ‘Nutcracker' times three • Road warrior • Mavericks reloading • Holiday Lightings & Santa Sightings • Cities prepare for winter blast repeat • Wolfpack duo takes last shot at state tourney • This Weekend in Your Town • Tips for the stormy season • Boeing will build, flight test and deliver 787s in South Carolina to spe ... • Snohomish County EDC promoting job growth in key industry clusters • $4 million grant to advance brain tumor research has Everett links • Providence medical center construction tops off its 12-story steel frame ... • Tulalip affordable housing project to be financed by KeyBank, Raymond Ja ... • Arlington's Lak of Ink has a growing following for Luke Kooyman's creati ... • Bank of the Northwest formed • Cascade Bank earns $1.6 million