CHIMACUM, Wash — State Highway 19 is fully blocked between Egg and I Road and Tall Tree Lane Thursday after a two-car collision that caused one of the involved people to be airlifted to the hospital.

North Cascades Highway first opened to general traffic on Sept. 2, 1972, only to close for the winter on Nov. 26. The pass ...

As spring thaws the Central Cascades, a herd of roughly 250 elk are embarking on their seasonal migration between winter and summer range. From lower elevations around Lake Billy Chinook, these elk ...