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After being closed for 58 days due to a large rockslide, a State Route 971 has now fully reopened. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) closed a two-and-a-half-mile stretch of the highway on South Lakeshore Road on March 3, after two slides covered the roadway in large rocks and debris, and exposed several large rocks overhead on the adjacent slope...

A worker with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) was injured when a semi-truck slammed into a DOT vehicle on Tuesday morning. The Washington State Patrol says it happened just after 10 a.m. on Interstate-90 about 11 miles west of Cle Elum when the semi, driven by 60-year-old Eliazar Moreno of Moses Lake, struck the rear of the DOT attenuator truck that was parked on the freewa

Intersections in Leavenworth will see some traffic delays starting next week. Washington State Department of Transportation ( says crews will work on signal cabinets April 14-15 and April 22-23 at three separate intersections including US 2 and Evans Street/Ninth Street from 7 p...

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) are nearly four weeks into their efforts to reopen the North Cascades Highway for the season. The 37-mile stretch of State Route 20, which includes Rainy and Washington Passes, closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Silver Star due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

It could be several more weeks before State Route 971 (SR-971) near Chelan is completely reopened. A 2.4-mile section of the highway on South Lakeshore Road was shutdown in the early morning hours of March 3 after a large rockslide rendered the roadway impassable...

Several large rocks tumbled onto U.S. Highway 97A late Friday night, closing the highway for several hours. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) says the rocks came down just north of Entiat near milepost 218 sometime around 11 p...

Speed limit cameras will soon be placed inside active road construction zones in Washington State. The Work Zone Speed Camera Program will go online later this month with a goal of reducing the instances of speeding in areas where active construction and maintenance are happening on the state's roadways...

The National Weather Service office in Spokane has issued a rare Blizzard Warning for the Central and Northern Cascade Mountains. The Warning goes into effect at 4 p.m. today (Nov. 19) and is currently scheduled to last until 10 a.m. tomorrow...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) is inviting people who travel or live near State Route 28 in East Wenatchee to learn more about the upcoming SR-28 East Wenatchee Corridor Project. The project is scheduled to get underway in 2028 and is designed to improve safety and mobility along Sunset Highway between 9th and Hadley Streets, and will include an expansion from two lanes to

Drivers on Interstate-90 can now check the real-time status of traffic at the Vantage Bridge. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) has updated the travel times page at its website to include the state's only Interstate span across the Columbia River...