Sources: CNN
One person is killed, ten people are injured, and nine others are missing in a major chemical explosion at a paper mill in Longview, Washington, United States. 2026-05-26
Five members of a family, including three teenagers, are killed in a mass shooting in Fall City, Washington, United States. 2024-10-21
Six people are killed and three others are injured in a car crash in Tacoma, Washington, United States. 2023-07-16
Four people are killed over Snohomish County, Washington, United States, as a Cessna 208B disintegrates in mid-air. 2022-11-19
One person is killed and nine others are missing after a floatplane crashes in the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, United States. 2022-09-5
Washington becomes the first U.S. state to legalize human composting, the right to allow people to have their body turned into soil after death. The process is seen as an alternative to traditional cremations and burials. 2019-05-21
The Seattle City Council unanimously votes to give Uber, Lyft, and other contract drivers the power to join trade unions. The Washington city becomes the first in the United States to do so. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray opposes the bill which can still become law without his signature. Court challenges are expected. 2015-12-14
Eighteen people are still missing after a landslide Saturday in Oso, Snohomish County, in America's Washington state that has claimed at least three lives. 2014-03-23
All 3 dead in US small plane crash in southwest Washington state, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Morton. 2010-10-26
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