Sources: Reuters
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders is killed in a plane crash near San Juan County, Washington, United States. 2024-06-7
The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Washington, and mayors of cities in other states, order the closure of all bars and restaurants and ban gatherings of 50 or more people in their states or cities in response to the pandemic. 2020-03-16
Two people who died in the Seattle area on February 26 are found to have died from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in the state of Washington to nine. 2020-03-3
Eight people are shot, one fatally, following a dispute outside a McDonald's in downtown Seattle, Washington. 2020-01-22
A federal district court in Washington State issues a preliminary injunction against enforcement of an initiative by the Donald Trump administration ("gag order") that would have restricted doctor-patient communications about abortion in family planning clinics that receive U.S. taxpayer funding. 2019-04-25
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
Aquatic species from Japan hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and were able to reach the West Coast of the United States alive. 2017-09-28
Five people are killed in a shooting incident at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Washington, south of Seattle, United States. 2013-04-21
A bouncer is critically injured and a woman is also wounded after a gunman opens fire in a bar in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, United States. The perpetrator was killed by authorities. 2013-01-28