RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Several campgrounds along the Naches River in central Washington were evacuated Sunday evening as a wildfire burned in thick forest about 25 miles west of Yakima.
U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Robin DeMario said Monday that about 100 people at Camp Roganunda, a Christian camping facility, and others at two federal campgrounds were told to leave the area...
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...
Ever since a massive landslide took out a quarter-mile stretch of State Route 410 in 2009, drivers have relied on a swiftly built emergency route that won the Washington State Department of Transportation national recognition.
This month marks the start of preliminary construction on a permanent fix that will reroute the highway away from the rural community and begin carrying traffic by this f