Sources: BBC KING-TV
The Pacific Northwest of the United States experiences an atmospheric river, with record-breaking rainfall reported in Washington and Oregon. One person is killed by flooding in Portland, Oregon. 2023-12-5
Washington reports that the state has vaccinated more than 70% of people over the age of 16 years. 2021-07-14
The death toll from the wildfires reaches 33 in California, Oregon, and Washington after nearly a dozen people reported missing in southern Oregon are accounted for, authorities say. 2020-09-13
The Boeing 777X completes its first test flight near Seattle, Washington, United States, after two delayed attempts. 2020-01-25
Washington governor Jay Inslee drops out of the presidential primaries to focus on his re-election bid. 2019-08-22
Notable propositions are passed in several states including legal recreational marijuana in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada; medical marijuana in Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota; tougher firearms restrictions in California and Washington state; physician assisted suicide in Colorado, and the reimposition of capital punishment in Nebraska. 2016-11-9
The United States National Park Service advises that six climbers who went missing on Washington's Mount Rainier are not expected to be found alive. 2014-05-31
Authorities believe that a U.S. man suspected of killing his grandparents on March 8 in Renton, Washington, is barricaded in a hotel in Lincoln City, Oregon. 2013-03-12
Washington governor Christine Gregoire signs a bill into law that legalizes same-sex marriage in the state. 2012-02-13
Colton Harris-Moore, the so-called "Barefoot Bandit", pleads guilty to dozens of charges in the US state of Washington and is sentenced to seven years in jail. 2011-12-16