Final salute to a selfless hero
Colonie Mourners lined Wolf Road and other Colonie streets Monday to welcome home the body of fallen Army Lt. Col. Todd Clark. A military jet carrying Clark's remains arrived just before 10 a.m. at...
View ArticleSean O'Connell's family recalls trooper's qualities, strength
LOCAL NEWS — EVERETT -- Humor....
View ArticleSkagit River Bridge opens to traffic, additional Amtrak service discontinued
Each direction of the temporary span will be reduced from two 12-ft. lanes with 3-ft. shoulders to two 11-ft. lanes with 1-ft. shoulders. The speed limit will be reduced from 60 to 40 MPH between the...
View ArticleHundreds gather to mourn fallen soldier
COLONIE — Mourners lined up at a memorial service Monday at Christian Brothers Academy for fallen Army Lt. Col. Todd Clark. The 40-year-old Albany native died June 8 in eastern Afghanistan, where he...
View ArticleGovernor requests SBA help for businesses hurt by I-5 Skagit River Bridge...
(Source: State of Washington) Contact: Jaime Smith 360-902-0617 Gov. Jay Inslee today requested that the Small Business Administration make its Economic Injury Disaster Loan program available to...
View Article>Inslee to say when Skagit River bridge reopens
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is visiting the Interstate 5 bridge over...
View ArticleTemporary bridge to open over Skagit River today
British Columbians driving to Seattle and further south will be relieved that a temporary...
View ArticleSkagit River Bridge to open on Wednesday (State of Washington)
(Source: State of Washington) Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Contact: Travis Phelps, WSDOT communications, 206-440-4698 (Seattle) Seetime lapse videoof crews putting the bridge together. MOUNT VERNON...
View ArticleMOUNT VERNON: Collapsed I-5 Skagit bridge reopens Wednesday
A temporary bridge over the Skagit River will reopen Wednesday, restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after the old bridge collapsed. After the bridge collapsed May 23, Gov. Jay Inslee set...
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Melissa Erickson, 34, a former University of Washington basketball player who after graduating played professionally in Germany and Portugal, died Wednesday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also...
View ArticleDOT revises weekend detour for Skagit bridge due to cycling event
Washington Department of Transportation officials said Friday, June 14 they are revising the southbound alternate route for Interstate 5 in Mount Vernon and Burlington this weekend due to several...
View ArticleBridge in Wash. state that partially collapsed in May set to reopen
SEATTLE -- The Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge will open Wednesday morning, in what Gov. Jay Inslee called great news for the state of Washington. "We showed that if we work together, we can and do...
View ArticleNTSB: Driver of oversized load felt ‘crowded’ by passing truck before bridge...
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The driver of an oversize load that triggered an Interstate 5 bridge collapse told investigators that he felt “crowded” by a passing vehicle and moved closer to the side of the bridge...
View ArticleNTSB: Driver felt 'crowded' before bridge collapse
The driver of an oversize load that triggered an Interstate 5 bridge collapse told investigators that he felt "crowded" by a passing vehicle and moved closer to the side of the bridge that had less...
View ArticleCorrection: Collapsed Bridge story
WASHINGTON — In a story June 13 about federal transportation money, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the head of the Federal Highway Administration. He is Victor Mendez. A corrected version...
View Article>Correction: Collapsed Bridge story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story June 13 about federal transportation money, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the head of the Federal Highway Administration. He is Victor Mendez. A corrected...
View Article27 trooper cadets graduate from patrol academy
OLYMPIA, Wash. — More than two dozen Washington state troopers were sworn in at a ceremony at the Capitol. Among the 27...
View ArticleFlag Lowering (Washington State University)
(Source: Washington State University) Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, June 6, 2013, in...
View ArticleDriver of vehicle that triggered bridge collapse felt 'crowded'
May 27, 2013: Washington State DOT and contract workers removed the SUV and Pickup truck from the deck of the collapsed Skagit River bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash. A trailer that was under tow by the...
View Article>DOT: Temporary I-5 bridge over Skagit next week
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — State transportation officials say the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River should reopen sometime next week, after they finish installing a temporary span to replace...
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