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Mudslide

Loup Loup repair complete; bridge work begins in lower valley

June 19, 2019 by Ralph Schwartz

Both lanes of Highway 20 east of Loup Loup summit opened to traffic Tuesday (June 18), as crews were wrapping up emergency repairs prompted by a May 1 landslide. The highway had been reduced to a single lane for the past seven weeks — except for eight days when the road was closed completely. Those traveling between […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Highway 20, Loup Loup Pass, Mudslide, road construction, Roads

Highway 20 over Loup Loup Pass closed until June 4

May 29, 2019 by Don Nelson

Washout repairs require shutdown State Highway 20 remains closed until 9 p.m. next Tuesday (June 4) at milepost 222.4 as contractors work on emergency repairs to a washout that occurred on May 1. The closure started earlier this week on Tuesday morning (May 28). Previously, the highway had been open to one-lane, signal-controlled traffic. “The […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Loup Loup Pass, Mudslide, road construction, Roads, Washington State Department of Transportation

Mudslides return to Highway 20 east of Loup Loup summit

April 11, 2018 by Methow Valley News

Local highway crews were experiencing déjà vu this week, when mudslides came down over Highway 20 east of Loup Loup Pass, in the same area where slides closed the highway almost exactly a year ago.

Highway 20 was closed briefly …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Loup Loup Pass, Mudslide, Roads

Benson Creek watershed gets state water-quality grant

March 1, 2018 by Methow Valley News

By Marcy Stamper Since the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire and subsequent mudslides, the Benson Creek watershed has struggled with degraded water quality and increased sediment. A state-funded program will begin to address those issues by planting vegetation and getting more-detailed data about the extent of the damage to creeks and rivers. The $250,000 grant, provided […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Carlton Complex Fire, Department of Ecology, Mudslide, Okanogan Conservation District

TranGO resumes route over Hwy 20

July 20, 2017 by Methow Valley News

TranGO, the Okanogan County public transit system, will resume its Twisp-Okanogan connector route on Thursday (July 20) now that Highway 20 over Loup Loup Pass is once again open to traffic 24 hours a day. The Omak-to-Pateros express route will end Thursday, as will TranGO’s additional fifth run on the Twisp to Pateros route. TranGO had […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Loup Loup Pass, Mudslide, road construction, TranGO, Washington State Department of Transportation

Carlton Complex Fire recovery continues three years later

July 13, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Efforts focused on rebuilding, better communications, preparedness By Marcy Stamper and Ann McCreary Methow Valley residents may have felt an uneasy sense of déjà vu this week as temperatures heated up and smoke drifted into the valley from British Columbia wildfires. Three years ago on July 14, a lightning storm sparked four separate fires — three in […]

Filed Under: Fire, NEWS Tagged With: Carlton Complex Fire, FEMA, fire recovery, Firewise, Highway 20, Long Term Recovery, Loup Loup Pass, Methow Ready, Mudslide, Okanogan County Emergency Management, Wildfire

Loup Loup Pass re-opened

July 13, 2017 by Methow Valley News

After being closed for three months to repair damage from mudslides and erosion, Highway 20 over Loup Loup Pass partially opened on Monday (July 10), with one lane of traffic through the two most-damaged locations for a few hours in the morning and evening.

The partial opening allowed commuters between …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Highway 20, Loup Loup Pass, Mudslide, road construction, Washington State Department of Transportation

Mid-May goal for Highway 20 repairs over the Loup

April 28, 2017 by Methow Valley News

Highway 20 over Loup Loup Pass is expected to remain closed until at least mid-May, while contractors repair damage from erosion and mudslides that forced the closure of a 16-mile stretch of the highway earlier this month.

On Highway 20 over the North Cascades …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Loup Loup Pass, Mudslide, Okanogan County Emergency Management, Washington State Department of Transportation

Benson Creek watershed expects irrigation system fix

August 17, 2016 by Methow Valley News

After eight months of meetings among irrigators, property owners, hydrologists, engineers and fish biologists to deal with the effect of floods and mudslides in the Benson Creek watershed, the group is close to a resolution to fix the damaged irrigation system.

The group may also study the hydrology of the larger watershed next year.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Benson Creek, Mudslide

Flash flood, mud hit Texas Creek property again

August 19, 2015 by Methow Valley News

Ron and Cheryl Race are digging out again from a flash flood that deposited mud and debris at their Texas Creek property for the second time in less than three months.

The flooding, which also spilled over Highway 153 at Leecher Creek near Carlton, is a legacy of last summer’s Carlton …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: flooding, Mudslide, Texas Creek

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