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• Getting There: Idaho dust storms snarl traffic, lead to crashes

  May 6, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page A8 Idaho State Police and the Department of Transportation reacted last week to back-to-back dust storms that led to injuries and vehicle damage in the southern part of the state. Officers …

• State workers to get parking, bus breaks

  May 5, 2013 in City on Page B3 Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Saturday that lets state employees pay for their work-related parking and transit costs using pretax earnings. Democratic Rep. Sam Hunt of Olympia … 6

• Getting There: Businesses pinched by work on Francis

  April 8, 2013 in City on Page A1 Merchants in the vicinity of Market Street and Francis Avenue are feeling the double-whammy of two major road projects going on side by side. “It’s been pretty horrible,” said Jeff … 3

• Governor talks tough on agency’s failures

  April 19, 2012 in News, Region Gov. Chris Gregoire laid down a public ultimatum Wednesday for a troubled state agency to quickly fix its work or face a breakup of its functions. The order targeted the … 8

• Intersection at U.S. 195 to get safety upgrade

  July 4, 2011 in City on Page A1 Drivers in southwest Spokane are getting something that will improve safety on U.S. Highway 195, the main route to Pullman. The state Legislature approved $12.5 million for a freeway interchange … 9

• Travelers by interstate encountering wait time

  May 23, 2011 in City on Page A1 Congestion is now a fact of life on Interstate 90, with backups occurring almost every day from construction restrictions through Spokane and Spokane Valley. Pavement repairs west of the downtown … 4

• State outlines options for fixing county right-of-way office

  April 3, 2011 in City on Page B2 Spokane County must hire a consultant and submit to close supervision by state officials to continue work on a $66 million project to improve Bigelow Gulch Road. The Washington State … 2

• Getting There: Incident Response team helps keep I-90 open

  March 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 The 60-mile stretch of Interstate 90 from Stateline to Four Lakes is a safer piece of highway thanks to two operators in Incident Response rigs run by the Washington State …

• Crews widen I-90 near Snoqualmie

  August 20, 2010 in City on Page A9 HYAK, Wash. – The sheer magnitude of it is difficult to comprehend, even in person. More than one million tons of rock to be blasted and removed.

• Hull leak leaves ferry out of service

  October 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 The state-operated ferry across the Columbia River at Keller has been shut down because of a hull leak, disrupting travel between Lincoln and Ferry counties and the Colville Indian Reservation. … 3

• Keller Ferry across Columbia River shut down

  October 9, 2009 in City, Region The state-operated ferry across the Columbia River at Keller has been shut down due to a hull leak, disrupting travel between Lincoln County and Ferry County and the Colville Indian …

• Roadway damage closes Highway 2 lane

  September 16, 2009 in City Roadway damage to detour lanes along U.S. Highway 2 north of Farwell Road has forced the state to close one lane and restrict traffic until repairs are completed.

• Stimulus funds offer new life to well-traveled highways

  June 29, 2009 in City on Page A1 A series of state highway projects worth more than $20 million is about to get started in northeast Washington as a result of the federal economic stimulus plan approved by …