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No quick fix for downed bridge on holiday weekend
Washington state officials are scrambling to find a temporary fix for a bridge that collapsed on an important interstate highway and, incredibly, left just three motorists with injuries. Whatever the solution, it won't come in time to help with Memorial Day's highway hoards. Transportation experts are also working to find ...
Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him
The trucker was hauling drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River. Amazingly, nobody was killed. ...
Amtrak adding 1 daily round trip n. of Seattle
Amtrak says it plans to add one daily round trip between Seattle and Bellingham, Wash., in the coming weeks to help travelers affected by the Interstate 5 highway bridge collapse near Mount Vernon. In a statement Friday, Amtrak, the Washington Transportation Department, Sound Transit and BNSF Railway said they're working ...
WA lawmakers' official portraits touched up
State Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver, had some gripes about his official legislative portrait after it was shot in 2011. In a note digitally embedded in Benton's photo — now posted on the Legislature's website — a legislative staffer conveyed how Benton "would like to slightly 'fix' a few things about ...
Major Detours Following Wash. Bridge Collapse
A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below. (May 24)
Kitsap jury clears robot maker in botched surgery
A Kitsap County jury decided the maker of a surgical robot was not to blame for a botched prostate operation on a Bremerton man. The jury said Thursday that Intuitive Surgical Inc. had given surgeon Scott Bildsten adequate training. He was conducting his first solo operation with the device in ...
Brewers team up on beer to help military families
Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel and unfinished maple Louisville Sluggers. Toward the end ...
Bridge Collapse Survivor: 'Rough Day'
Bridge collapse survivor Dan Sligh described his entire ordeal while talking to reporters in Washington State. Sligh was driving on the I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River when a section of it collapsed, sending his vehicle into the water. (Ma...
Officials: Truck Hit Bridge Before Collapse
Washington State officials say a truck apparently hit a part of a bridge, before a section of the bridge collapsed into the Skagit River. Three people were rescued. Officials are certain that everyone who went into the water is accounted fo...
Officials: Truck Hit Bridge Before Collapse
Washington State officials say a truck apparently hit a part of a bridge, before a section of the bridge collapsed into the Skagit River. Three people were rescued. Officials are certain that everyone who went into the water is accounted fo...
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