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Chief Ed Levesque says they've received reports of people hiking or biking on the ridge.

Congressman Dan Newhouse visited the Rattlesnake Ridge Slide site with the Yakima County Office of Emergency Services and other agencies on Saturday.

In the letter, Rep. Newhouse pledged to work with the Governor to ensure that federal assistance and resources to the Yakima

During a media briefing Wednesday the office Director Jeff Emmons told reporters the office is fully prepared.

Photojournalist Jack Balzer and I took a helicopter ride to the ridge on Thursday (Jan. 4) for an up-close look, and there is no doubt the earth there is on the move. The questions are where, when and how much?

The slow landslide of Rattlesnake Ridge led the state Department of Transpiration to take steps to keep passing drivers on Highway 82 safe.

Ward says about 35 residents living at the base of the ridge have not heeded warnings to evacuate.

SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say Amtrak service has been temporarily disrupted between Seattle and Portland because of a landslide. Amtrak said in a news release Tuesday that BNSF Railway, which owns the tracks, has placed a 48-hour moratorium on all rail traffic in the area until Thursday...

OSO, Wash. (AP) — Part of a Washington state highway that closed Friday because of a slow-moving landslide has reopened after days of monitoring found no further movement. The Washington Department of Transportation said on its website that both directions of State Route 530 near the town of Oso reopened Wednesday afternoon...

OSO, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Times reports that a stretch of road near a slow-moving landslide close to the site of a massive deadly slide northeast of Seattle in 2014 will be closed until Monday. On Friday, evacuations were recommended near the landslide after people noticed cracks on Highway 530 near Oso this week and called officials...