Cowlitz DEM announced that most of downtown Kalama, the area east of Horizon Drive, and people on Meeker Drive were under a Level 1 - BE READY to evacuate status. They lifted that order shortly after 3 p.m. after the threat of the fire had decreased.

When an interstate closes for a full weekend, does it make a sound? No. At least that's what a small group of people gathered at downtown Seattle's Plymouth Pillars Park Saturday afternoon were hoping when they hosted a party on a perch overlooking a half-empty Interstate 5 to celebrate a temporary reprieve from the roar of I-5 traffic.

A motorcyclist died after a crash with a car on Interstate 5 in Tacoma Thursday afternoon. State patrol troopers were dispatched to the highway near South 56th Street for the crash at around 2:24 p.m., according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

A crash is blocking the left lane of northbound Interstate 5 traffic just south of Iowa Street in Bellingham, according to a social media post from the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) at 2:04 p.m. Aug 22. The incident was first posted to social media at 1:39 p.m.

Interstate 5 was blocked southbound on Saturday afternoon due to an overturned car that resulted in fatal injuries to a man from Puyallup, Washington

A motor vehicle crash has traffic snarled up in the area of southbound Interstate 5 and the Highway 126 interchange, according to Tripcheck.com.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, after striking a barrier on southbound Interstate 705 near Interstate 5 in Tacoma. Update, 7:53 p.m.: The roadway is back open, according to WSDOT.

Oregon State Police responded to a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Interstate 5 early Sunday morning.

No estimated time for the roadway to open was given. ... #TrafficAlert #Thornton the Peltier Road off-ramp from northbound I-5 is closed due to a big-rig fire on the shoulder. No ETO.

A paving project will close all lanes of Interstate 5 in Bellingham on Tuesday and Wednesday night, the Washinton State Department of Transportation said. Signed detours will be in place, WSDOT tweeted Tuesday morning: Northbound I-5 will close from Sunset Drive to Meridian Street from 10 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, to 5 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20.

Caltrans cautioned drivers to expect delays and watch for workers on Interstate 5, Highway 44 and Highway 273 bridges in Shasta and Tehama counties.