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Yesterday afternoon on Daily Kos, progressive activist Wu Ming suggested that, in the wake of the failure of Interstate 5's Skagit River crossing, which carries more than seventy thousand vehicles a day, it would be appropriate to give the span a new name: The Tim Eyman Memorial Bridge .

The campaign arm of the Senate Democratic Caucus on Thursday criticized U.S. Rep.

While it's fresh on everyone's mind today - thanks to the unsettling pictures and media frenzy - last night's collapse of the I-5 Skagit River Bridge is far from Washington's first catastrophe of its kind.

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland arrives to listen to Secretary of State John Kerry and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speak to the press at the State Department in Washington on Feb.

Metro Vancouver will send a 25-member contingent to Washington state to conduct "sniff tests" on U.S. sewage plants as it pursues a new $400-million Lion's Gate sewage treatment facility.

The Washington State University Board of Regents has voted to limit a fall tuition increase to 2 percent, no matter what the Legislature decides concerning the state budget.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says federal officials are searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor.

Dan Sligh could see it coming. An 18-wheeler carrying an oversize load had just struck part of the Interstate 5 bridge over Washington's frigid Skagit River.

The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $4, heading into the Memorial Day weekend.

An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.

As the nation continues to follow the slash and burn economic policies of the austerity hawks in Washington, will a dramatic bridge collapse in Washington state renew talk of America's eroding infrastructure? On Thursday night, a truck hit a support beam on Interstate-5 near Seattle and caused a complete section of the Skagit River Bridge to ... (more)

Three people were rescued from water after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into Skagit River below, according to Washington State Patrol.

Three people were sent to hospital after a bridge carrying the Interstate 5 collapsed into Washington's Skagit River around 7 p.m. Thursday, plunging cars and people into the rushing water below... It's always been about the room.

A retired BC policewoman has been found murdered at her home in one of Mexico's most popular tourist destinations, according to local newspapers.

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.

A letter from President Lincoln, in which he agrees to let a 14-year-old boy leave the Army, has gone on sale in Philadelphia.

The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war .

That's not the question you usually hear, but you'll get some fascinating answers to it at this year's Northwest Folklife Festival, which starts Friday and runs through Memorial Day.

The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define - for better or worse - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.

Crosscut has expanded its coverage of Olympia, including the state Legislature and Gov.