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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Parents and students at Washington State University are demanding safer roads leading into Pullman after two fatal crashes this holiday season. They say Highway 195 and Highway 26 have both become very dangerous, with narrow lanes and high speed limits...

More rock blasting closures are planned for this week on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass and drivers need to plan for added travel time. The state DOT and crews plan to close I-90 in both directions from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Today through Thursday, April 25, from Gold Creek to the Price Creek Sno-Park ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation is considering a change to the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project and we’re hosting informal public hearings to educate the public about the proposal and seek their input. An important project objective is reducing road closures due to avalanches...

If you ride a bike or walk it's likely you've been counted this week. A survey of bicycle riders and pedestrians is happening this week in Yakima and 34 other cities around the state. The information gathered will help the state transportation department to design projects and improve safety...

Thousands of drivers will be heading over Snoqualmie Pass this weekend for a number of events across the state. Due to this surge in early morning traffic, the closure scheduled for Saturday morning, Sept. 22, is cancelled. The Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor crews are currently evaluating when the next best day a time will be to close the pass for rock removal... Read

US 97 will be closed to through traffic from Goldendale to Toppenish starting at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19, through 5 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20 as the Washington State Department of Transportation and its contractor set girders on the new Satus Creek Bridge...

HYAK – Crews will be closing Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass early Saturday morning to remove loose rock from the slopes above the highway. The Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor crews are closing the pass from 7 to 8:30 a...

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...

OLYMPIA--Every autumn for the past four years, a troop of volunteers armed with clipboards and tally sheets have taken to the streets to count the number of people who walk or ride bicycles to their destinations. Volunteers are needed again this September to capture a snapshot of walking and bicycling in communities across Washington state...

Highway 410 remains closed near Bumping River Road as a result of a large mudslide on Friday. The slide covered 60 feet of highway. Department of Transportation (D.O.T) crews assessed the damage over the weekend and are working to clear the slide area...