US 97 News Reports

SR-10 is closed in both directions due to unstable slope conditions between milepost 88 (junction of SR 970) and milepost 97 (Thorp Highway) according to WSDOT. Read More

A car has rolled off Highway 97 eastbound in West Kelowna on Tuesday, Dec. 24. According to witnesses who reached out to Black Press Media, the vehicle rolled off the highway behind the Sleep Country ... Read More

Four people were injured Saturday night after a distracted driver on Highway 97 crossed the center line and collided with another car. Read More

The Red Rock Inspection Station weigh scale facility on Highway 97 south of Prince George was lost to fire early on the morning of Christmas Eve. Read More

U.S. Marshals, Sapulpa Police, and Creek County Deputies responded to a standoff situation on Hwy 97 near 61st Street on Monday. The suspect is now in custody. Read More

Around 9:30 am on Monday morning, there was a 2-car collision on State Route 97, by mile marker 35, 19 miles north of the Goldendale city limits. Read More

Yakima, Wash.- Car crash near Goldendale sends one 60-year-old man from Vancouver, WA to the hospital. According to Washington State Patrol, just after 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 23. A Chevy Silverado and one ... Read More

A 45-minute standoff on Highway 97 near Sapulpa ended Monday morning with the arrest of Alan Vanderwagen, a suspect wanted on multiple charges. The incident temporarily shut down both highway ... Read More

A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 97 between Bend and Redmond Friday morning. Read More

Kelowna RCMP said the incident happened around 6 p.m. in the 3600-block of Highway 97 (near Findlay and Loyd roads). She was rushed to hospital but later died of her injuries. Police stated the driver ... Read More

Multiple emergency vehicles are on scene of a collision on Highway 97 south of Sexsmith Road. The incident happened just before 6:30 p.m. Monday, southbound. One lane of Highway 97 is open southbound ... Read More

Castanet News is receiving reports of a serious collision on Highway 97 and Grizzly Road. One reader called to say it appears to be a head-on collision involving two vehicles. Tires and other debris ... Read More

The Highway 97 stretch north of Redmond is one of the most dangerous corridors in Oregon. The focus is improvements from the High Bridge to Madras in Jefferson County. US 97 is an important route ... Read More

Cars are being detoured off the highway from Route 97, to Route 169, to both Routes 2 / 32, and then back to I-395, according to the DOT. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area. No additional ... Read More

Six outstanding projects remain on the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure's list from the 2015 Vernon Traffic Management Study. Read More

A Klamath Falls man was arrested in Bend after an alleged ... Drake was located in the parking lot of an Auto Zone on Highway 97 within an hour of the incident at 8:25 p.m. No gun had been located ... Read More

Highway 97 is the main artery connecting cities in the Okanagan region, including between Kelowna and Vernon, where the closure was in place. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. Read More