2020

BLAINE, WA – A sedan and pickup truck collided in Blaine on Monday afternoon, striking a power box and knocking out power for most of the city for several hours. According to KPUG, Blaine police were called to the area of Hughes Avenue near Odell Street, where a sedan ran a stop sign on...

EDMONDS, WA – A two-story home caught fire Monday evening in the Westgate neighborhood of Edmonds, but no one was injured and the house sustained only minimal damage. According to My Edmonds News, the fire started around 9 p.m. at the 9300 block of 220th Street Southwest. Fire crews were able to quickly extinguish...

SEATTLE, WA – A car accident blocked the on-ramp from Columbian Way to Interstate 5 on Wednesday afternoon. On the I-5 southbound on-ramp from Columbian Way there is a collision partially blocking the ramp. — WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) July 22, 2020 The state Department of Transportation reported the accident at 2:50 p.m. but made...

SEATTLE, WA – The Seattle Police Department's Arson and Bomb Squad are investigating seven fires that were set in Seattle's Rainier Avenue South area last Friday morning, according to Patch. Seattle Fire confirmed that most of these fires were started in a garbage can, recycling bin, or dumpster, where there would likely be a...

ROCKPORT, WA – A rockslide shut down a portion of Highway 20 near milepost 98, but crews expect to finish their hillside restoration and reopen the highway by early August. According to Go Skagit, crews have been inserting rock dowels—long metal rods—into the hillside. Crews will then attach large metal plates onto the rods...

ABERDEEN, WA – A semi-truck carrying wood chips crashed into an embankment off U.S. 12 outside Aberdeen Wednesday, necessitating a large-scale recovery operation by local utility and tow crews. Vehicle recovery is a very difficult. Heavy tow trucks are used to upright this chip truck and drag the vehicle back to the road. Please...

RENTON, WA – Crews worked to turn a semi-truck right-side-up Wednesday afternoon after it overturned and crashed on SR 167 entering southbound I-405. 🚧 The northbound SR 167 ramp to southbound I-405 is closed as crews right an overturned semi truck and tow it away. No estimated time for when the ramp will reopen....