Sources: Komo News
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 U.S. states file a lawsuit against Amazon over accusations of monopoly. 2023-09-26
Major League Baseball announces that it will move this year's All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to the U.S. state of Georgia passing a series of controversial voting laws that critics say disproportionately target the state's minority voters. 2021-04-2
Two people who died in the Seattle area on February 26 are found to have died from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in the state of Washington to nine. 2020-03-3
Washington State authorities find a crane collapse earlier this year in Seattle was caused when workers removed securing pins too early during the crane's dismantling. Four people were killed in the accident. Three firms are issued fines. 2019-10-18
At least three people are killed and 77 injured when an Amtrak passenger train derails on an Interstate 5 overpass in Pierce County, Washington. This train is part of a new "Cascades" service from Tacoma that launched the same morning. 2017-12-18
California becomes the first U.S. state to forbid "conversion therapy" for minors, effective January 1st, 2013. 2012-10-1
Mount Rainier National Park in the U.S. state of Washington is closed as police conduct a manhunt for a man who shot dead a park ranger on New Year's Day; the gunman, Benjamin Barnes, is eventually found dead. 2012-01-2
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the U.S. state of New Mexico is temporarily closed due to a wildfire burning nearby. [http:--www.cnn.com-2011-US-06-27-new.mexico.los.alamos- (CNN)]A state of emergency is declared in Los Alamos County with mandatory evacuations. [http:--www.lamonitor.com-content-los-alamos-county-declares-state-emergency-wait-instructions-evacuate (Los Alamos Monitor)]date=August 2019 A state of emergency is declared in Los Alamos County with mandatory evacuations. [http:--www.lamonitor.com-content-los-alamos-county-declares-state-emergency-wait-instructions-evacuate (Los Alamos Monitor)]date=August 2019 2011-06-27
A fire destroys 20 homes on the Yakama Indian Reservation in the US state of Washington. 2011-02-12
The last remaining free inmate to have escaped from a prison in the U.S. state of Arizona is captured alongside his accomplice. 2010-08-20