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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

With hit-and-run accidents on the rise, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) has rolled out a new alert system to help law enforcement catch more offenders. The program is a cooperative effort among state, local, and tribal police agencies, along with the Washington State Department of Transportation to increase the chances of identifying and recovering vehicles that flee after being involved in inju

Governor Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation Monday to activate state resources to assist with recovery efforts.

A small bit of magic happened yesterday on social media. A lost dinosaur was discovered on I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass, no doubt wondering where their person had gone to. We think of dinosaurs as big, scaly and scary, but when they're stuffed animal dinosaurs, they have tender little hearts that match their size...

While we don't really think about the odds of being maimed or killed in a collision on the streets and highways in the Yakima Valley, accidents do indeed happen everyday. What roads and intersections are the most dangerous in Yakima County?