Sources: Reuters
Washington (state) reports its first case of the Lineage P.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in Brazil. The patient is a person from the King County. 2021-03-11
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
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
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
Xi Jinping begins his first visit to the United States as President of the People's Republic of China, meeting with technology company leaders and representatives in Seattle, Washington. 2015-09-22
The United States will spend $1 billion to deploy additional ground-based missile interceptors on the West Coast as part of efforts to enhance the nation's ability to defend itself from attack by North Korea. 2013-03-16
Washington governor Christine Gregoire signs a bill into law that legalizes same-sex marriage in the state. 2012-02-13
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
United States cartoonist Molly Norris of Seattle, Washington, who developed Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, goes into hiding following a death threat from an Islamist radical. 2010-09-15