Slow going on the pass

As a service to Coug and Vandals fans and others heading to the West Side tomorrow, we’ll have a brief story on the front page about expected traffic jams on Snoqualmie Pass due to lane closures over the weekend. I hear the Columbia Gorge is beautiful this time of year…

Also on page one tomorrow:

Another long-awaited reopening - the Spokane Falls gondola is expected to be up and running on Saturday to coincide with the rechristening of the Monroe Street Bridge (look inside tomorrow’s paper for a special section on the bridge); more disturbing developments in the Joseph Duncan investigation; and President Bush said today that tax increases won’t be necessary to fund the biggest reconstruction effort in U.S. history.