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This tragic incident isn’t just about an accident; it uncovers serious lapses in safety regulations that could have prevented the loss of three lives.

I-90 across the Columbia River is about to face 24/7 lane closures. Here’s how long it’ll last and what travelers should know.

With only a handful of cougar sightings last year, this one at I-90 is a big deal.

Scientists with Washington State University’s Freight Policy Transportation Institute are reaching out to regional stakeholders as part of a newly launched independent review of a state-contacted analysis of transport impacts from potential breaching of the four lower Snake Rivers dams.  The...

The next phase of a multi-year project to replace the deck of the Vantage Bridge on Interstate-90 (I-90) will begin later this week. On Thursday (Sept. 5), traffic in both directions over the bridge will be reduced to a single lane, 24 hours per day, seven days a week, until November...

Labor Day weekend is coming up fast and a lot of families like to take some time on Labor Day weekend to travel with the family.

After being partially closed for nearly three weeks, State Route 20 - North Cascades Highway has fully reopened to all traffic. A nine-mile stretch of the road between Granite Creek and the Easy Pass trailhead had been shut down since August 4 due to hazards and firefighting activity related to the Easy Fire, as well as a large mudslide that brought 7,000 tons of debris onto the road on August 11.

WSDOT Air Search and Rescue says they were notified Sunday evening of a missing two seat prop plane piloted by Jerry Riedinger.

A lengthy project to replace the entire deck of the Vantage Bridge on Interstate 90 is now underway. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) and its contractor partner, Garco Construction of Tacoma, began working to update the critical span over the Columbia River on Monday...

Winter is still officially sixty days away but there’s a lot of snow heading to the mountain passes of the Cascade Mountains this week.  The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Stevens, Rainy, and Washington Passes, where up to six inches of snow could fall below 3,000 feet; a foot-and-a-half of snow could fall between 3,000 and 5,000 feet; and up to two feet of snow cou

Drivers not looking in both directions are often the cause

After being closed for over a month due to the need for emergency repairs, a seven-mile section of U.S. Highway 2 just east of Farmer will reopen this week. Washington State Department of Transportation spokesperson Lauren Loebsack says the reopening means crews will have finished their work about a week ahead of schedule...