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1 week ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
More than 3,600 acres are still burning in the Columbia River Gorge, where a blaze that began last week foreshadows what experts think will be an above-normal Northwest wildfire season. Hazardous conditions across the region should temporarily ease by Friday when a wet system pushes in from the Pacific. The Rowena fire, above I-84 between Hood River and The Dalles, Ore., was only 10% contained Sunday afternoon.
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1 week ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
A person died Sunday afternoon after being hit by a train at the downtown Edmonds waterfront, authorities said. The response to the crash blocked a train around 4 p.m., as well as ferry sailings on the Edmonds-Kingston run, which resumed at 6:15 p.m.The crash happened north of the ferry dock, and the stopped train blocked access, so about 60 cars and passengers were stuck temporarily at Edmonds, said Washington State Ferries spokesperson Diane Rhodes.
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2 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. All lanes of northbound I-405 will close this weekend at Renton, as the Washington State Department of Transportation strives to finish a decadelong freeway widening project.
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2 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. New driver-protection barriers are coming to King County Metro Transit, where the first two of 89 electric buses have arrived with hardened windows, from chair to dashboard.
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2 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Sound Transit blamed Monday’s heat wave for a chain-reaction wire damage which blocked light rail service at Redmond Technology Station, next to Microsoft. Buses continued to replace trains all day Tuesday. An expected light rail restart was postponed all evening due to “unforeseen circumstances” in the restoration effort, a rider alert said.
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2 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Malfunctions in Sound Transit’s overhead power system caused the new Redmond light rail corridor to shut down Monday. The trouble spot was just east of Redmond Technology Station, where an Eastside local line that opened in 2024 transitions into a new 3.4-mile extension that opened last month to Marymoor Village and Downtown Redmond Stations. Disruptions were expected through Monday evening, Sound Transit spokesperson Henry Bendon said.
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3 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
For the sixth weekend since November, light rail customers in Seattle will have to detour around a five-station shutdown through downtown. Westlake, Symphony, Pioneer Square, International District/Chinatown and Stadium stations will close from 10 p.m. Saturday, June 7 until 5 a.m. Monday, June 9, for electrical and software tests. Sound Transit says it needs to finish making connections between the Eastside 2 Line and the growing 1 Line in Seattle.
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4 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. Traffic crashes in Washington killed 731 people last year, a modest improvement compared to the recent high of 809 deaths the year before.
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1 month ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Washington state’s main driving route from Snoqualmie Pass to Auburn, Federal Way and Tacoma will be blocked for five days during reconstruction where I-90 exits into Highway 18. All Highway 18 lanes below the I-90 bridges at Exit 25/Snoqualmie Parkway will close from 9 p.m. Thursday, May 29 until 5 a.m. Wednesday, June 4, with detours that will likely cause lengthy delays on the already-clogged route.
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1 month ago | 
seattletimes.com | Mike Lindblom |Michael Lindblom
Sound Transit board members voted Tuesday morning to join King County Metro’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, which has threatened to suspend federal grants to agencies unless they slash local diversity, equity and inclusion programs. “Nobody wants this,” said Sound Transit Chair Dave Somers, who is Snohomish County executive. Sound Transit says $82 million of its federal funds are at risk this year under Trump’s DEI executive order, Sound Transit staff says.
