Oso landslide News

Second Oso Landslide Lawsuit Settled for $11.5M

A second group of relatives of people killed in the deadly Oso landslide has reached an $11.5 million settlement with Washington state and a timber company that logged an area above the site of the collapse. The Daily Herald reported …

After Oso Landslide, Washington Offers Online Access to Topographical Maps

Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is following through with a key safety recommendation that arose in the aftermath of the Oso mudslide, as it starts to post intricate topographical maps online. The state generates the maps through laser-imaging technology known …

Families Reach $60M in Landslide Settlements With Timber Firm, State

Survivors and family members of people killed in the nation’s deadliest landslide have reached $60 million in settlements with the state of Washington and a timber company that logged an area above the site of the collapse. Just as opening …

Lawyer Who OK’d Email Deletion by Oso Experts Let Go by Washington AG’s Office

A longtime employee of the Washington Attorney General’s Office has been let go after it came to light that he knew the state’s expert witnesses in litigation over the deadly Oso landslide were deleting emails that should have been preserved. …

Judge Wants AG’s Emails in Washington Landslide Liability Case

A judge Wednesday ordered the Washington Attorney General’s Office to give him internal emails that might help explain when state lawyers handling a case about liability for the devastating Oso landslide realized that their expert witnesses were improperly deleting emails. …

Oso Landslide Victims’ Lawyers Say State Committed Fraud

Attorneys for victims and family members in a deadly 2014 landslide in Washington have accused state lawyers of orchestrating a fraud by deleting emails between expert witnesses for the state. In a motion filed Tuesday, the attorneys say the state …

Washington Officials, Tribe Debate Oso Landslide Liability

The Stillaguamish Tribe is fighting off suggestions by the state Attorney General’s Office that it might face liability for the devastating Oso landslide, which wiped out a rural neighborhood and killed 43 people in 2014. In a lawsuit filed in …

New Research Suggests Washington Landslide No Outlier

Last year’s devastating landslide in Oso was no outlier, according to a new study from the University of Washington. The landslide wiped out a neighborhood north of Seattle and left 43 people dead when it roared down a hillside above …

Washington County to get $6.6M for Oso Slide Property Buyouts

Federal officials have awarded $6.6 million to Snohomish County, Washington, to help buy out those whose homes and land were devastated by the Oso mudslide. The Daily Herald of Everett reports that while that’s not the full $9.4 million the …

Workers Sifting Debris at Site of Washington Mudslide

The homes destroyed in the March 22 mudslide at Oso, Wash., have mostly been removed, and Highway 530 has been reopened between Arlington and Darrington, but work continues at the site where 43 people lost their lives. Before & After: …