Sources: BBC KING-TV
The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace of the United States issues a report alleging that aerospace manufacturer Boeing, long associated with the Seattle, Washington area, has been relocating much of its engineering work to non-unionized sites both in the US and abroad. 2025-01-22
Five members of a family, including three teenagers, are killed in a mass shooting in Fall City, Washington, United States. 2024-10-21
Washington reports that the state has vaccinated more than 70% of people over the age of 16 years. 2021-07-14
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 governor Jay Inslee drops out of the presidential primaries to focus on his re-election bid. 2019-08-22
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
A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii, finding the revised federal immigration-refugee executive order violates the U.S. Constitution's religious establishment clause, grants the state of Hawaii's motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order on these rules that were set to become effective at midnight. President Donald Trump vows to appeal this ruling. Two other federal courts held hearings on similar requests filed by the states of Maryland and Washington; neither of these judges issued a ruling. 2017-03-15
A landslide kills two people, and injures six in Oso, Washington, United States. 2014-03-22
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