Kitzhaber said the bridge collapse near Mount Vernon underscores the need for Washington to join Oregon in funding a new bridge on I-5.

On Monday, Gov. Jay Inslee was standing at the Capitol steps, addressing a rally in support of a transportation tax increase. He reminded the audience of “the bridge that fell down in Minnesota.”

The likely culprits in the Minneapolis I-35 bridge collapse of 2007 were faulty steel plates that held together the bridge's beams, the NTSB said. 

According to the report there are 14 bridges in the county that are classified as structurally deficient under National Bridge Inspection Standards.

The bridge, built in 1955, was considered structurally deficient in 1992, and functionally obsolete in 2000 and 2010, according to the National Bridge Inventory.

A report by a business group says the state has gone from 16th to 29th place in one year.

The National Transportation Safety Board today recommended that states cut the drunk-driving limit from .08 blood alcohol content to .05, a level women can often reach after just one drink. The limit is a common standard worldwide.

2 people died last night when their SUV was hit by a Sound Transit bus. On Monday at 9:30 p.m. the bus struck the other car when it ran a red light exiting I-405 in Kirkland. The bus driver said the brakes had failed.

Wealth and power don't matter. The city of Los Angeles is giving up on maintenance of many older streets and concentrating on creating the same average quality of street in each city council district.

Alaska Airlines will be flying daily from Portland to Dallas and Atlanta. The new flight routes will begin this summer.