Blewett Pass closed for firefighting
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — The state Transportation Department is closing Highway 97 at Blewett Pass Friday to help crews battling wildfires.
The department says the highway is closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from milepost 150 at the junction of Highway 970 to milepost 177, eight miles south of the junction of Highway 2.
Firefighters need the highway closed for back-burning and other fire containment operations.
The department says the highway is closed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from milepost 150 at the junction of Highway 970 to milepost 177, eight miles south of the junction of Highway 2.
Firefighters need the highway closed for back-burning and other fire containment operations.
