rockslide

After being closed for 58 days due to a large rockslide, a State Route 971 has now fully reopened. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) closed a two-and-a-half-mile stretch of the highway on South Lakeshore Road on March 3, after two slides covered the roadway in large rocks and debris, and exposed several large rocks overhead on the adjacent slope...

It could be several more weeks before State Route 971 (SR-971) near Chelan is completely reopened. A 2.4-mile section of the highway on South Lakeshore Road was shutdown in the early morning hours of March 3 after a large rockslide rendered the roadway impassable...

Several large rocks tumbled onto U.S. Highway 97A late Friday night, closing the highway for several hours. The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) says the rocks came down just north of Entiat near milepost 218 sometime around 11 p...

Motorists in the Lake Chelan area are experiencing delays and detours following a rockslide that has blocked a portion of State Route 971 (SR-971) on South Lakeshore Road. The slide occurred sometime in the early morning hours on Monday and the road was closed by the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) at around 3 a...

Drivers were experiencing 20 minute delays while crews shored up hillsides in the area of two rock slides.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeremy Weber says there were reports of some larger rocks blocking the roadway.

WSDOT spokesperson Lauren Loebsack said dangerous weather conditions are currently prohibiting crews from assessing the situations.

On Friday morning, commuters that travel on US 97A near the Knapps Hill Tunnel may have had trouble getting to their destination when a rock slide blocked the highway in both directions at milepost 224.5. The rock slide was roughly seven miles south of Chelan and caused the roadway to be closed for about an hour...