Sources: BBC KING-TV
Four soldiers are killed when a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk crashes near Summit Lake in Thurston County, Washington, United States. 2025-09-17
An attack on an electrical substation in Pierce County, Washington, United States, cuts off power to 14,000 people. The perpetrators and motive of the attack are unknown. 2022-12-25
More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States as wildfires continue to spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. 2022-08-1
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 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 declares a state of emergency as a winter storm that could bring up to 8 in of snow begins to affect the state. 2019-02-8
Following a collapse of a farm and a large release of Atlantic salmon into the Pacific, the state of Washington bans the farming of Atlantic salmon in their territorial waters. 2018-03-26
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
Five people are killed in a shooting incident at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Washington, south of Seattle, United States. 2013-04-21
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