I-82

he first 24-hour closure is underway Wednesday through Friday

Crews from the Washington State Department of Transportation and contractor crews will be making repairs to the Naches and Yakima River Bridge decks.

If you drive a vehicle in the area your trip or commute could be impacted.

It happened on Sunday when a driver on I-82 noticed a possible drunk driver in a Suzuki Sidekick.

It happened at 12:19 am Monday when 48-year-old Samantha Webb of Yakima was a passenger in a Ford F-350 pick-up truck traveling eastbound on I-82 near Yakima.

A local man is doing his best to help save Yakima Speedway by staring a fundraising page online at GoFundMe.com.

Transportation officials are expected to inspect the damage later Today. The road remains closed Today.

A fire started near Benton City on Sunday has already burnt close to 1000 acres.

By the end of the summer, the Interstate 82 interchange in south Union Gap will have a new look.

Westbound traffic on Interstate 82 is blocked and being diverted after a load of hay caught fire early Tuesday afternoon.

Earlier this morning I made a snarky comment about the Washington State Department of Transportation's effort in placing shipping containers, filled with concrete traffic barriers, along I-82 to help stop a potential mud and/or rock slide on Rattlesnake Ridge. Moments later, I received this email from the good folks at the WSDOT Communications Department.