- ....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. .. ...

08/29/12 Three Year Old Hit and Run Victim Recovering



A three-year-old boy East Wenatchee boy who was injured in a hit-and-run accident yesterday (Monday) afternoon is listed in serious condition at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Assistant Police Chief, Dan Reierson says it happened around 3:30 in the afternoon when the boy was playing in the parking lot of an East Wenatchee apartment complex on 6th Street NE. .



Reierson says the driver of the VW Bug was located later in the day. The investigation continues but no arrest has been made yet. Harborview's Susan Gregg says the boy is going to be okay.



 

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