U.S. Highway 97A

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...

The sight of bighorn sheep along the roadways of North Central Washington is nothing new, but lately the presence of the animals on and around one of the region's major highways is definitely up. The Washington State Patrol says there have big an inordinate number of bighorns along U...

An Okanogan County man is dead following a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 97A yesterday afternoon. The Washington State Patrol says it happened just before 5 p.m. near Entiat when 59-year-old Wilhelm Penders of Winthrop made an unsafe pass on his motorcycle and struck an oncoming vehicle head on...