Sections of 38th Avenue will close starting spring as Gig Harbor installs a deep sewer and builds a roundabout at 56th Street. Expect detours, alternating lanes and periodic full closures through 2027.

WSDOT will close northbound SR 99’s First Avenue South bridge March 9–11 for temporary steel‑plate repairs; lanes will reopen at 25 mph and another closure is planned in April.

The MV Walla Walla resumed the Edmonds–Kingston run Wednesday after a hard landing at Edmonds canceled afternoon sailings and snarled vehicle lines. No injuries were reported.

Gov. Ferguson says 22 King County bridges are rated poor and is pushing a $2.1B preservation plan to avoid more closures and long detours. Local closures have already snarled commutes and hit small businesses.

FAA and EASA certified Boeing’s 777‑9 training simulators at Gatwick, clearing a major step toward pilot training and nudging the long-delayed program forward.

Terminal 5’s new 12‑lane gate and weigh‑in‑motion scales aim to stop truck backups and add roughly 1,500 reefer plugs to speed Washington exports. The upgrades finish a long modernization push.

The Sound Transit board voted to buy two Seattle parcels to preserve land for West Seattle and Ballard Link extensions amid cost and displacement concerns. The acquisitions are framed as protective buys while designs move forward.

Drivers with Washington's Drivers Union held a rush-hour protest outside Uber’s downtown engineering office, saying an oversupply of new drivers has flooded Seattle’s market and cut pay. A new report finds empty miles are rising fast.

Olympia budget writers stripped Gov. Bob Ferguson’s $1 billion ferry borrowing request from mid‑cycle transport drafts, prioritizing existing contracts and short‑term fixes.

A single-vehicle crash on eastbound I‑90 near milepost 27 sent one person to Harborview with life‑threatening injuries and closed lanes during the evening commute.

WSDOT’s study team picked Alternative 2 for the I‑90 ramps at Rainier Ave S, closing one ramp and reallocating lanes to give buses and protected bike/ped space near Judkins Park station.

An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle returned to Wichita after a passenger's phone and power bank overheated midflight; crews contained the devices and one person was hospitalized.

ORCA’s Tap to Pay starts Feb. 23: contactless cards and mobile wallets will be accepted across much of the Puget Sound system, while reduced fares still require ORCA cards.