Highway 12

Fire officials say residents will be allowed through the Highway 12 road closure to make access to their property with proper proof of residency.

No change in acreage or containment of the Retreat/Rimrock fire over the last day.

Highway 12 remains closed from the top of White Pass to Oak Creek as firefighters try and get a handle on the Rimrock/Retreat Fire.

Yakima County Sheriff's Deputies were called after a 22-year-old victim told authorities she was driving in the Westbound lanes of Highway 12

US Highway 12 is closed between Tri-Cities and Walla Walla due to a fire. A fire has closed US Highway 12 between the Tri-Cities and Walla Walla. The fire started Monday afternoon and closed the section between milepost 303 and 307 near Wallula Junction...

Troopers say 58-year-old Jeffrey Spiekerman was trying to pass multiple vehicles when he lost control and his vehicle left the roadway and crashed.

The crash was reported at about 2:30 pm when 23-year-old Travis Taft of Yakima was driving westbound on Highway 12 trying to pass another vehicle

The remaining unbuilt portion of the freeway is not included in the state transportation budget.

Yakima Police say they continue emphasis patrols to try and keep more people from being injured or killed in a crash.

(Wallula Junction, WA) -- A crash in Walla Walla County kills one and sends four other teens to the hospital Sunday. Washington State Patrol says this happened along Highway 12 about 15 miles east of Pasco around 2:45am. 19-year-old Gavin Foster was westbound on Highway 12 when he crossed the center line and slammed into an eastbound vehicle that was carrying the 4 other teens...