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
Six people are killed and three others are injured in a car crash in Tacoma, Washington, United States. 2023-07-16
The U.S. reports its 105th death from COVID-19 (54 of them in Washington state) with a total of at least 5,748 confirmed cases nationwide. 2020-03-17
Four hundred United States National Guard and Air National Guard personnel are activated in six states to help contain the coronavirus: Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. 2020-03-13
The U.S. Justice Department files lawsuits against King County, Washington and the state of New Jersey over their use of sanctuary cities. 2020-02-10
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
Washington governor Jay Inslee drops out of the presidential primaries to focus on his re-election bid. 2019-08-22
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
Effective midnight, Washington, D.C. joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the United States that locally purport to override federal law and allow the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. 2015-02-26
Eighteen people are still missing after a landslide Saturday in Oso, Snohomish County, in America's Washington state that has claimed at least three lives. 2014-03-23