- ....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. .. ...

08/16/12 Education Grants



SEATTLE (AP) - A Washington nonprofit organization is announcing $1.2 million in new grants to encourage better science, technology, engineering and math teaching.  The grants announced Wednesday by Washington STEM will help teachers in classrooms around the state. They range from money to help preschool kids learn about science and math at home, to bigger efforts to improve science and math teaching in the Tacoma, Renton, Highline and several smaller school districts.  Among the smaller projects getting money from Washington STEM are a hands-on renewable energy lab in the Brewster School District, and a plan to combine robotics with biotech learning in Ellensburg.  In Sunnyside, a teacher will be using iPads to help her first graders get comfortable with technology. Middle school students on Vashon Island will be solving real world math problems from the construction of their new high school.

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