U.S. Highway 2

U.S. Highway 2 (U.S. 2) is fully open this morning after a portion of it was shut down on Tuesday night due to a wildfire at the mouth of Tumwater Canyon near Leavenworth. The fire was first reported at around 7 p.m. and prompted the response of about 40 firefighters from several agencies, including Chelan County Fire District No...

Nearly two dozen roads in the Upper Columbia Basin have been closed due to flooding. Persistent rain over the region in recent days has led to the rapid melting of snowfall on many fields which has caused many roadside canals and ditches to overflow their banks...

Eight people have injuries following a two-vehicle collision near Stevens Pass on Friday evening. The Washington State Patrol says it occurred at around 6:45 p.m. on U.S. Highway 2 about three miles east of Coles Corner, when an SUV driven by 49-year-old Jennifer L...

A fifteen-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 2 (U.S. 2) near Leavenworth will be closed next Wednesday (Sept. 25). The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) is shutting down the roadway through Tumwater Canyon so it can perform pre-winter maintenance...

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) will be conducting a chip seal project north of Wenatchee in the days ahead. The work gets underway tomorrow on a mile-long section of U.S. Highway 2 from Sunnyslope to the State Route 285 onramps west of the roundabout at East Street...

A building in Douglas County has heavy damage following a Thursday evening fire. Orondo Fire Department Chief Jim Oatey says the blaze occurred along U.S. Highway 2 about a mile north of Turtle Rock Island. Crews arrived on scene to discover a shop building fully engulfed in flames and two RVs in front of the structure that were being threatened by the flames...

Two people have injuries following a two-vehicle accident in Chelan County Thursday (Dec. 28) morning. The Washington State Patrol (WSP) reports the collision occurred on U.S. Highway 2 at Alice Avenue just west of Dryden at around 9:30 a...

A Mansfield man is in jail after police in Lincoln County say he led them on a vehicle pursuit through miles of wheat fields on Wednesday afternoon. Deputies spotted 41-year-old Joseph Lee Cooper driving a pickup truck that had been reported stolen out of Chelan and the chase began on U...

The Washington State Department of Transportation (DOT) says travel on U.S. Highway 2 through the Leavenworth area will be slower than usual during the first three weekends of December. DOT spokesperson, Lauren Loebsack, says the slowdowns will be caused by the town's annual Village of Lights celebration...

It was a slippery commute for motorists on U.S. Highway 2 near Cashmere this morning (Thursday, Nov. 9). Freezing temperatures in the region caused ice to form on the roadway, and that contributed to four separate accidents within a half-an-hour that temporarily shutdown the westbound lanes of the highway just before 7 a...