transportation

Local officials will celebrate the reopening of the Naches-Tieton Road with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday.

The FDA is delaying the estimated $150 million food safety rule that would establish new sanitary requirements for truck drivers, shippers and trains transporting human and animal food across the country.

Yakima has found a way to save the Sunday bus service and Yakima-Ellensburg commuter bus service.

Bus riders in Yakima have a unique opportunity this month as a Chinese company has loaned a battery-powered bus for drivers and riders to test out.

Financial stress definitely has the City of Yakima thinking about other options to keep commuter bus service from Ellensburg to Yakima up and running.

Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington state legislative leaders say negotiations have failed to produce a new tax package for transportation projects.

Crews will close US 97 just north of Ellensburg from 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, to 6 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. US 97 will be closed from the north at the junction of State Route 10 and US 97 and from the south at the SR 970 and US 97 junction...

The Washington State Patrol is looking for future troopers and Trooper Chris Thorson says they are now changing requirements hoping to get more people through the recruitment process.

The Washington State Transportation Commission has just completed a statewide survey of the Voice of Washington State (VOWS) survey panel that asked thousands of Washington state residents several questions on transportation. A resounding 86 percent think it is urgent to make sure Washington’s transportation system works effectively today and into the future and 60 percent would consider raising t

Nearly 60,000 bicyclists and pedestrians were counted by volunteers across Washington during a three-day survey in 2012. About 400 volunteers will be needed again this fall to count the number of people who ride bike or walk to their destinations.