 Several major floods in the late 1990s and early 2000s caused damage to properties along the Stillaguamish and Sauk rivers in Darrington, including a washout of the Mountain Loop Highway.The highway was restored five years after the 2003 flood, which cost Darrington approximately $750,000 in tourist revenue and caused several businesses to fail.Darrington's main lumber mill laid off 67 people in 2011, citing the effects of the Great Recession and declining demand for timber sales.