- ....Breaking News.MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge. Mount Vernon is about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada Border. The roadblock on both directions of I-5 is expected to cause a major disruption in trade and tourism between Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. The Transportation Department has set up detours. The closest is within sight of the I-5 bridge and mostly used for local traffic between Mount Vernon and Burlington. The department also is recommending detours using Highway 20 and Highway 9 that add tens of miles to a trip. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area if possible. .. ...

08/13/12 Cle Elum area Fire Early Info



An official with CWICC, Central Washington Interagency Communications Center at Pangborn Airport, says air crews are being sent to the Cle Elum area Monday afternoon to battle a large brush fire. Coorindator Jim Duck says details are still coming in. The fire, southeast of Cle Elum is estimated at 800 acres and homes are threatened. We'll have more information as it becomes available.

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