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Drivers heading over U.S. Highway 97 on Blewett Pass will be seeing some temporary signage along the roadway this month. Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson Lauren Loebsack says the messages are being implemented due to a brief migratory period of deer on the north side of the pass near the Big Y junction...

The North Cascades Highway is now only days away from reopening for the season. The 44-mile stretch of State Route 20 closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Early Winters due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

The east side clearing crew reached the summit of Washington Pass this week and is heading into the home stretch of its work.

The city is required to have right-of-way procedures approved and on file with WSDOT before federal funds can be used on a project.

The day in which detours go into effect has been moved up from next Monday (April 10) to this Thursday (April 6).

This Friday, March 31 is the last day that studded tires are allowed for seasonal driving in Washington State. Lauren Loebsack with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) says there are no plans to allow for exceptions or extend this year's deadline...

The weather is warming up and the roads might be bare throughout much of Washington, but don't count on that being the case over the state's mountain passes late this week. Meteorologist Miranda Cote with the National Weather Service office in Spokane says it's going to look a lot like winter at higher elevations. ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin its seasonal clearing of the North Cascades Highway on Monday, March 27. The 44-mile stretch of State Route 20 closes annually during the winter months from the Ross Dam Trailhead to Early Winters due to heavy snow and persistent avalanche risks...

The roundabout will be the first in Chelan County to feature multiple lanes

A portion of U.S. Highways 2 & 97 have been memorialized as the World War II Veterans Memorial Highway. Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesperson Lauren Loebsack says the honorific stretch of highway is between the Odabashian Bridge north of Wenatchee and the Beebe Bridge near Chelan Falls. ...