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The Oregon Department of Transportation will shut down a portion of I-84 west for multiple hours Monday while it uses special equipment to recover the two semis that crashed into the Columbia River at nearly the exact same location Friday night, but at different times.

How did two tractor-trailers end up in the Columbia River Friday night in separate incidents separated by just a few hours and a short distance? Its unclear, Oregon DOT said, yet it happened. I-84 Westbound was closed Monday morning to clear the mess.

One driver had to swim to the shore.

SHERMAN COUNTY, Ore.-Westbound lanes of I-84 will be closed from Biggs Junction to Celilo on Monday, August 28, while two semi trucks are removed from the Columbia River.

WENATCHEE — One by one, 17 dogs were led up a manicured grass lawn to a live rattlesnake, and one by one, their experience was a shocking one.

Jul. 26—For most of the week a nearly 80-mile stretch of highway in Southeast Washington has been closed because of a growing wildfire.

Cooler temperatures and easing winds have helped fire crews.

I-90 also closed by fire near Vantage.

Hood River Police, July 2 - 8