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Bremerton is a ferry ride away from Seattle. The sailing schedule to-and-fro sets the rhythm of life here for coffee baristas, commuters, and Taylor Swift fans.
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When construction starts on a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River in early 2026, drivers will begin paying tolls on the existing span between Washington and Oregon.
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You probably no longer bat an eye when an electric car passes by on the road. More novel battery-powered vehicles are soon joining the parade to help operators achieve their sustainability goals. Now, several Pacific Northwest fire departments have ordered their first electric fire trucks.
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Thousands of people said goodbye to Boeing's final 747 airplane
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On Tuesday, Boeing is delivering its final 747 jumbo jet in Everett, Wash. From its first flight in 1969 to assembling some of the final 747s in 2022, photos show the revolutionary plane over its 54 year production run — which started and will now end in the Puget Sound region.
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Washington state lawmakers in Olympia are debating a suite of possible new responses to surging traffic fatalities. Those include authorizing photo radar in highway work zones, prohibiting right turns at many red lights, and lowering the breathalyzer limit to convict for drunk driving. Some of these ideas have corollaries in Oregon, where the legislative machinery is getting revved up too.
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King County Metro, the eighth largest bus system in the nation, is 50 years old. Terry White has been there for the whole ride — from a rider at 10 years old to head of the entire operation.
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Clallam and Pierce counties in Western Washington are experimenting with what some call “microtransit”: on-demand trips for that last mile, from the transit hub to people’s neighborhoods.
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A majority of captains of big commercial ships transiting Puget Sound are cooperating with a request to temporarily slow down to reduce underwater noise impacts on critically endangered killer whales. The experimental slowdown will be extended into the new year.
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Boeing built its last-ever 747 in December. It's the end of an aviation era that began with Pan Am's first commercial flight of the jumbo jet in 1970.
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One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash in heavy fog on Interstate 5 in Oregon. Oregon State Police say the crashes Wednesday morning in the southbound lanes of the interstate north of Eugene involved about 60 vehicles including up to 20 semi trucks.
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Federal authorities have issued a warning about a part of the tail in the type of seaplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound last month, killing 10 people. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive concerning Otter seaplanes.