Sources: Reuters
The U.S. CDC announces that doses of the Jynneos vaccine will be sent to Washington. 2022-07-8
Washington state reports 2,323 new cases in the past 24 hours, a single-day record since the start of the pandemic. 2020-11-14
A family of seven people who lost their homes during the Labor Day fires in the state tests positive for COVID-19. 2020-10-1
The death toll from the wildfires reaches 33 in California, Oregon, and Washington after nearly a dozen people reported missing in southern Oregon are accounted for, authorities say. 2020-09-13
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in response to politicians' criticism that proposed changes to U.S. mail services could slow the handling of mail-in ballots, suspends all mail service changes until after the November election. He also said there will be no changes to retail hours at post offices, mail collection boxes will remain where they are, and no mail processing facilities will be closed. A number of states, including Washington and New York, said they are planning legal moves to block the Postal Service changes. 2020-08-18
Eight people are shot, one fatally, following a dispute outside a McDonald's in downtown Seattle, Washington. 2020-01-22
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
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
At least 35 homes have been destroyed in the US state of Washington in the Carlton complex wildfires. 2014-07-18
Seventeen people are arrested at a protest organised by the Service Employees International Union trying to storm the Governor of the US state of Washington's office in Olympia. [http:--www.theolympian.com-2011-04-07-1608368-fifteen-arrested-in-budget-protests.html ("The Olympian")]date=August 2019 2011-04-7