The Pierce County tourist town lost access to northwest portions of Mount Rainier National Park in April after a 104-year-old bridge was abruptly shut down by the state.

Citing positive feedback, increased visitors and the upcoming World Cup, the Market is continuing its car-free experiment through next spring.

The nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the flight of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet last year.

The privately owned-and-operated vessel runs multiple sailings daily, between Port Angeles, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia. They say reservations are down.

After decades of debate, local leaders hope revitalized public spaces and a restriction on non-essential vehicles will make the Market more connected.

A whale watch vessel is operating the state-funded passenger-only ferry pilot. The service from Anacortes to the San Juan Islands runs until June 30.

The holiday used to bring a surge of travelers over a two or three week period. Now, airport officials say it's spread over about five weeks.

Some officials worried this could be the ‘poison pill that stops the bridge.’

Washington state lawmakers set out Wednesday to raise $1.6 billion from tolls to help pay for construction of a replacement bridge on Interstate 5 across the Columbia River.

While there is political agreement that the bridge is a source of congestion, the replacement program has critics as well as champions, and its future is not certain.