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  Probe digs up mysteries about landslide’s cause

    February 16, 2010 in City on Page A7 SEATTLE – Geologists working to unravel one of the most destructive landslides in state history still haven’t found a smoking gun – but they’re beginning to dig up some pretty …

• Wash. suspends Nile mine operations

  November 5, 2009 in Region Washington state has issued an emergency order to suspend operations at a gravel mine near a landslide that rerouted central Washington’s Naches River and damaged homes.

• Experts keep eye on Naches slide area

  November 2, 2009 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – It’s hard to picture a bigger landslide than the one that buried a quarter-mile of Highway 410 in Yakima County in mid-October. But the state Department of Transportation …

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  Feds sending $1 million for Naches road repair

    October 19, 2009 in Region The federal government is releasing $1 million in emergency relief to speed repairs to portions of a highway wiped out by a landslide in central Washington.

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  Naches landslide puzzles investigators

    October 13, 2009 in Region The landslide that smothered a stretch of Highway 410 Sunday could be among the largest ever to hit a state roadway, but its cause remains a mystery.

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  Wash. DOT assessing landslide near Naches

    October 12, 2009 in Region Experts with the state Transportation Department are evaluating a landslide that obliterated a section of highway and rerouted the Naches River over the weekend.