River Road News

Every year the upper Skagit River becomes a confluence of bald eagles, rotting salmon carcasses and people.

Power was expected to return this morning to all Clallam County residents still without electrical service after crews continued this weekend to mop up the mess made by a week's worth of rain and wind.

TO OUR READERS: Keep checking this Web site for National Weather Service forecasts and updates on progress toward restoring power across the North Olympic Peninsula.

The North Olympic Peninsula may host the world's largest zipline course, if everything comes together for a local businessman.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Tolt and Snoqualmie Rivers near Carnation.

Keyera Energy Co. may soon become the first tenant at the Port of Vancouver's former Alcoa-Evergreen aluminum site, now called Terminal 5. The company, based in Alberta, Canada, has signed a letter of intent with the port to move its propane tank farm out of the Hough neighborhood to 3 acres of industrial land near the port's proposed Terminal 5 ...

Jerry Straalsund, left, and Patrick McDaniel of Green Energy Today received a nearly $900,000 grant from the state to develop a hydropower system at an irrigation canal north of Pasco off Columbia River Road.

This image released by the State Department of Transportation shows a damaged home and broken roadway from a landslide near Naches Monday.

Omak soon will get its fourth traffic light. A new light is being installed today, Sept.

Mark your calendars: the new and improved Elwha River bridge will open to the public on Sept.

The U.S. Forest Service recently sent notice to Lake Wenatchee cabin owners that lease fees for the public land will spike more than 1,000 percent, from $1,400 to more than $17,000, by 2011.

Two men are in custody after a high-speed chase from Port Angeles to Little River Road this afternoon.

Kent Youth Soccer Association and city officials are scrambling to deal with a proposal by Acting King County Executive Kurt Triplett to shut down four parks next year in unincorporated Kent.

Kent Youth Soccer Association and city officials are scrambling to deal with a proposal by Acting King County Executive Kurt Triplett to shut down four parks next year in unincorporated Kent.

Crews will be doing lots of last-minute work, but the state Department of Transportation will have the new roundabout at Pole Road and Guide Meridian open before the Northwest Washington Fair, a DOT spokeswoman said.

Vancouver's city revenues have stopped plunging, but the city remains precariously close to not having enough money during a stumbling economy.

Several fruit companies plan to add around 500,000 square feet of new facilities in north Yakima by the end of 2010, everything from controlled-atmosphere storage to a cutting-edge fruit-packing line.

If you plan on driving Guide Meridian near Lynden anytime through this weekend, prepare to use another route.

Posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 10:20 a.m. PDT Construction begins on Old Highway 97 MONSE - Motorists on Old Highway 97 can expect delays of up to 20 minutes between Rattlesnake Point and Ophir Grade until late fall.

Puyallup Parks and Recreation and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department have developed a walking guide to Puyallup called "Walk the Valley." The pamphlet offers five routes ranging from 0.9 to 2.6 miles and outlines routes for connecting the loops for longer walks.