Lilliwaup News

Hood Canal from Seabeck to Belfair has turned an alarming color - it ranges from red to slightly orange - as the result of a massive plankton bloom, officials say.

Memorial Day travelers took to the roads in force Monday afternoon and evening, causing extensive delays from Interstate 5 north of Olympia all the way to the Canadian border.

Holiday traffic was tedious at times for Memorial Day weekend travelers returning home on Washington highways.

With the Hood Canal Bridge closed , those who chose the north Olympic Peninsula for their long weekend are trudging through a 9-mile backup on the highway near Hoodsport.

Sean Hildebrant aimed the heavy hose toward the sky, then watched as hundreds of 7-inch steelhead fry flew out in a geyser of water, landing smoothly in the Dewatto River.

A new, 1,500-square-foot slab of concrete along state Route 8 is being torn up and replaced.

A 42-year-old woman died Thursday after being struck by a car on U.S. Highway 101 seven miles north of Shelton.