Mount Vernon News

A temporary span opened Wednesday morning, replacing a section of the bridge that collapsed May 23 when it was struck by a truck with an oversize load.

The temporary Skagit River Bridge officially opened to traffic on Wednesday, June 19 at 6 AM.

The Whatcom Humane Society is opening a new $2.6 million shelter to provide more room and services for animals.

Traffic is moving again across the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge at Mount Vernon.

SPOKANE, Wash Max J. Kuney Construction Company is smiling a little brighter tonight, after Governor Jay Inslee made the announcement Tuesday afternoon that the Spokane-based company would build the new replacement bridge over the Skagit River.

A truck is removed May 27 from the wreckage of an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash.

A lawyer is asking a federal judge to find that the public defense systems in two Skagit County cities are inadequate, saying "a warm body with a law degree doesn't cut it" when it comes to providing legal representation to poor defendants.

Inslee and Transportation Secretary Lynn Peterson visited the site Tuesday to see what progress crews have made since a section of the bridge collapsed on May 23 after it was struck by a truck with an oversize load.

Two low-rated bridges that connect thousands of commuters each day to River Road are at different stages in their replacement.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - A temporary span on the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge should open this week - less than a month since a section of the bridge collapsed, the Washington Transportation Department said.

But he wasn't thinking dire thoughts the evening of May 23. He was sitting in his car while his 9-year-old son attended a gymnastics class in Burlington.

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 large community events.

Born in Mount Vernon, Wash., on Sept. 24, 1979, Ross Mathews has traveled the world and established himself as one of the most in-demand television correspondents in the pop-culture arena today.

This truck flipped on its side on northbound I-5 between of Arlington and Mounty Vernon early this morning, closing all lanes for a time.

A collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge lies in the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash.

A collapsed portion of the Interstate 5 bridge lies in the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash.

Crews construct the steel framework on the first of two temporary bridge spans designed to close the gap in the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge.

Mount Vernon, WA, one of the communities impacted by the Skagit River Bridge collapse caused when a semi truck's oversized load struck the span, has seen a huge uptick in traffic accidents due to detours around the closed span.

Question: My understanding is that semi trucks cannot travel in the left lane. I see them travel in the left lane all the time driving through Bellingham and Burlington/Mount Vernon.

Recently my Mom and I embarked on our annual getaway to Mount Vernon. We always look forward to our trip with great anticipation, but this year it was almost not to be.