Sources: CNN
The death toll from the implosion of a white liquor paper mill in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, U.S., rises to eight. 2026-05-28
Six people are killed and three others are injured in a car crash in Tacoma, Washington, United States. 2023-07-16
An attack on an electrical substation in Pierce County, Washington, United States, cuts off power to 14,000 people. The perpetrators and motive of the attack are unknown. 2022-12-25
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
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
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
Effective midnight, Washington, D.C. joins Alaska, Colorado, and Washington state as the only places in the United States that locally purport to override federal law and allow the use of marijuana for recreational purposes. 2015-02-26
An EA-6B Prowler military plane crashes about 50 miles west of Spokane, Washington, United States, and kills three American Navy crew members. 2013-03-11
A fire destroys 20 homes on the Yakama Indian Reservation in the US state of Washington. 2011-02-12
All 3 dead in US small plane crash in southwest Washington state, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Morton. 2010-10-26