Sources: BBC KING-TV
The U.S. CDC announces that doses of the Jynneos vaccine will be sent to Washington. 2022-07-8
Washington reports their first cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in two people residing in Snohomish County. 2021-01-23
The governors of five states: California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington and Massachusetts, order bars and restaurants to close in response to the pandemic. 2020-03-15
Two dozen more cases are reported in the U.S., bringing the total number of infected Americans to 102. Four deaths also occur in the state of Washington, bringing the total death toll in the U.S. to six. Washington and Florida issue state emergencies. 2020-03-2
Washington becomes the first U.S. state to legalize human composting, the right to allow people to have their body turned into soil after death. The process is seen as an alternative to traditional cremations and burials. 2019-05-21
Health authorities in the United States say that 53 people in nine states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak. California is the worst affected state with 31 cases with the other states with cases include Arizona, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. 2015-05-21
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
The death toll from the Oso mudslide in the US state of Washington rises to fourteen with dozens of people unaccounted for. 2014-03-24
At least three people have died and eight are believed missing in the Stevens Pass Ski Area in the US state of Washington. 2012-02-19
A fire destroys 20 homes on the Yakama Indian Reservation in the US state of Washington. 2011-02-12