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• Heavy snow at Washington Cascade passes

  January 25, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — Heavy snow is making travel difficult or impossible through Snoqualmie and Stevens passes — the two main east-west highway routes through the Washington Cascades.

• Boise-area couple killed near Snoqualmie Pass

  October 18, 2011 in City, Idaho An Idaho couple died when their car was crushed between two semi-trucks as traffic slowed through a construction zone on eastbound Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass. 7

• Getting There: Prepare for Snoqualmie Pass delays

  October 10, 2011 in City on Page A1 Construction work on Interstate 90 between Cle Elum and Snoqualmie Pass has kicked into high gear now that the summer driving season is finished. That means drivers should expect lane …

• Getting There: Valley seeks input on redesigning Park Road

  October 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane Valley is asking for the public’s help in designing a newer, rebuilt version of Park Road from Indiana to Broadway avenues. An open house about the project is set …

• Getting There: Major STA route changes take effect Sunday

  September 12, 2011 in News on Page A1 The largest reconfiguration of Spokane Transit Authority routes in more than a decade starts Sunday, with virtually every route seeing changes. Riders are grabbing up schedules to become familiar with … 10

• Interstate 90 widening includes addition of sound walls

  August 15, 2011 in City on Page A1 Anytime the state builds, widens or restores a piece of freeway through the city, it may be obligated to build a noise wall to buffer the sound. Federal highway rules … 8

• Getting There: Airplane painting business takes flight

  July 25, 2011 in City on Page A1 Rod Friese grew up in South Dakota, where out of high school he took a job painting trucks. Within a few years, he got a better job painting airplanes for … 2

• Getting There: Summer street parties offer fitness activities

  June 13, 2011 in City on Page A1 Spokane Summer Parkways returns to the streets later this month for the first of three celebrations of human-powered transportation. Last year’s two inaugural events drew nearly 2,500 people, and organizers … 1

• Getting There: Workers ready to resume West Second upgrades

  May 30, 2011 in City on Page A6 A crew on Tuesday will resume work started last year along 11 blocks of West Second Avenue in downtown Spokane. The work will take about two weeks and cover Second …

• Snoqualmie Pass work suspended for holiday weekend

  May 26, 2011 in City, Region Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass will have two lanes open in both directions over the Memorial Day weekend, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

• I-90 construction in Spokane brings delays, lane closures

  May 9, 2011 in City on Page A1 With winter weather ending in the Cascades, construction work on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass has gone into high gear for another summer driving season. Motorists traveling to and …

• Pasco family survived Snoqualmie snowslide

  April 8, 2011 in Nation/World Tana and Kent Parker were driving home from Seattle over Snoqualmie Pass on Wednesday when a snowslide slammed into their Nissan Pathfinder. It smashed their windshield, covered them in ice …

• Slide closes eastbound I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass

  April 6, 2011 in Region A slide on Interstate 90 in the vicinity of a snow shed along Keechelus Lake has closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 this afternoon.

• Snoqualmie Pass reopens after closure

  March 9, 2011 in City, Idaho Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass was reopened today after being closed late this morning due to spinouts and multiple accidents on a snowy road surface.

• Snoqualmie Pass reopened after avalanche

  February 28, 2011 in City Interstate 90 on Snoqualmie Pass has reopened after a lengthy closure to clear an avalanche from the road, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation. T

• Snoqualmie Pass closed again both ways

  February 22, 2011 in City, Idaho The Washington Department of Transportation and State Patrol have once again closed Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass in both directions due to snow and collisions. An earlier closure had been …

• Traffic building on highways, Snoqualmie backed up

  November 24, 2010 in City, Region The Washington Department of Transportation reported that drivers on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass are see back ups of 10 miles headed east into Eastern Washington.

• Getting There: Funds give new life to aging bridges

  November 8, 2010 in City on Page A1 Three Spokane County bridges will be replaced in coming years under a federal program to upgrade bridges around the country. The largest project, at $19 million, is the western structure … 13

• Hearing will explore trolleys, walking routes for city core

  October 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 Mobility in the central part of Spokane will be the subject of a wide-ranging public meeting on Tuesday at the city’s Riverpoint campus. The possibility of high-performance streetcars running between … 2

• Blasting resumes along I-90 at Snoqualmie Pass

  September 7, 2010 in Region After the Labor Day weekend break, the state Transportation Department is resuming rock blasting on a major project to widen Interstate 90 on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass. 1

• 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.

• Crews blasting out better I-90 on Snoqualmie Pass

  August 19, 2010 in Region The sheer magnitude of it is difficult to comprehend, even in person. More than one million tons of rock to be blasted and removed. Three hundred cubic yards of concrete …

• Blasting will close stretch of I-90

  July 27, 2010 in City on Page A6 Interstate 90 on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass will be closed for an hour at 8 p.m. today, Wednesday and Thursday.

• Hiker falls to his death near Snoqualmie Pass

  July 1, 2010 in Region on Page A6 SEATTLE – A 38-year-old Seattle man died while hiking in the Cascades Mountains near Snoqualmie Pass.

• Rock blasting to close I-90 at Snoqualmie tonight

  June 30, 2010 in City Interstate 90 on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass is going to be closed for one hour at 8 p.m. for rock blasting as part of freeway widening from Hyak …

• I-90 east of Snoqualmie Pass to close 2 hours tonight

  June 21, 2010 in Region Interstate 90 on the east side of Snoqualmie Pass will close tonight to traffic in both directions from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. to allow for rock blasting.

• Cell phone saved avalanche victim

  April 12, 2010 in Outdoors, Region on Page A6 A hiker trapped in an avalanche used his cell phone to call rescuers.

• Snoqualmie Pass conditions improve after a.m. snow

  March 11, 2010 in City Conditions at Snoqualmie Pass on Interstate 90 improved this afternoon after a snow storm snarled eastbound traffic and caused a temporary stoppage this morning.

• Snoqualmie Pass reopens, chains required westbound

  November 13, 2009 in City Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass has reopened after closures this morning in both directions, and conditions improved during the day. 3

• Snoqualmie Pass reopened

  March 5, 2009 in Region SNOQUALMIE PASS — The Transportation Department has reopened Interstate 90 on Snoqualmie Pass between North Bend and Easton.