landslide

VANCOUVER  (AP) — Officials say Amtrak services have been temporarily disrupted between Vancouver and Kelso because of a landslide. Amtrak said in a news release Monday that BNSF Railway, which owns the tracks, has placed a 48-hour moratorium on all rail traffic in the area until Wednesday...

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge hearing a lawsuit brought by victims of a deadly landslide north of Seattle has ordered the state of Washington to pay more than $1.1 million because the state's expert witnesses in the litigation were deleting emails that should have been preserved...

SEATTLE (AP) — The attorneys representing the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state of Washington over a deadly 2014 landslide have announced a proposed $50 million settlement on the eve of a trial. The attorneys announced the tentative pact Sunday night...

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — A portion of the Mission Ridge Ski Area near Wenatchee has been closed because of a 100-acre landslide. No one was injured in the landslide, most of which occurred on land leased to the ski area by the U.S. Forest Service...

WHITE PASS, Wash. (AP) — Washington state transportation officials are hoping repairs to U.S. Highway 12 will be completed by this summer. The Yakima Herald reports crews have a plan to strengthen slopes, improve drainage and replace washed-out sections of the roadway over White Pass. Traff...

Officials in Thurston County have notified a handful of homeowners of a potential landslide hazard in the Lacey area.

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities have completed evacuations of 34 homes that were damaged, isolated or threatened by a mudslide early Wednesday about 50 miles north of Seattle in Puget Sound. Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue Chief Ed Hartin says a man escaped from one home that was knocked off its foundation, and he was evacuated by a rescue crew in an all-terrain vehicle...

Crews opened a new stretch of State Route 410 Thursday, nearly three years after a landslide destroyed part of the highway and cut off direct access between Chinook Pass and the town of Naches. For the residents who live along this scenic byway, it’s been a costly few years, spending time and money driving up to 20 minutes on the detour...

In October of 2009 a massive landslide destroyed a portion of State Route 410 in the Nile area on Thursday the state department of transportation and the Nile Valley community will celebrate the opening of a new section of state route 410 that eliminates a 20-minute detour through the Nile Valley that was created after the slide...

If you live in the Nile area the department of transportation wants to tell you about plans to make your commute a little easier after that big landslide. It happened in 2009. A huge landslide covered State Route 410 in the Nile area...