 The tourism industry in Darrington also received a state-funded advertising campaign over the summer months, which helped keep revenue and visitation of local events at pre-slide levels.The state government, together with the Economic Alliance Snohomish County and Washington State University, drafted an economic recovery plan that was put into effect in 2016 and is planned to cost $65 million.Darrington is located in the northeastern reach of Snohomish County in Western Washington, just south of the Skagit County border.