After the collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River, it's come to the public's attention that the design of this particular bridge is described as fracture-critical, which basically means that each part of the bridge is critical to its integrity.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee told KIRO Radio Friday morning the Washington State Department of Transportation began working on plans to repair/replace the I-5 bridge within an hour or two of its collapse over the Skagit River.
A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.
The Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend is a typically heavy-traffic day, meaning congestion and slowdowns. The bridge collapse over the Skagit River on Interstate 5 will amplify these common problems.
Convicted voyeur Steven Powell can't move back into his Puyallup neighborhood when he gets out of prison, the Washington Department of Corrections has ruled.
Kids will be overjoyed but some parents won't be pleased, after the Seattle School District announced Thursday midwinter break will be back in full next year.
The Boy Scouts of America have voted to lift a controversial ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted into the nation's leading youth organization.
After some suspicious online activity sourced back to the King County Housing Authority following a public records request, a local man filed another public records request for staff's web browser histories, and was surprised by what he found.
This is not your parents' retirement center. Trips to the YMCA and the mall might be fine for some, but the residents of a Bremerton facility wanted something just a little bit different.
One week after the state issued rules for the emerging legal pot industry, the City of Seattle is mapping out its plan for where growers and sellers can do business.
You can feel the tension in a video released of Susan Cox Powell describing every item in her Utah home about 18 months before she was reported missing.
May is National Pet Cancer Prevention Month so KIRO Radio's It's Raining Cats and Dogs had on a couple of veterinarians to talk about how to look out for cancer in your animal.
