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The decision thwarts the desires of environmental groups that fought for two decades to breach the structures.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Tuesday she had received confirmation that U.S. agents had left the area after being sent to Seattle last week to protect federal buildings amid lingering unrest over the police killing of George Floyd.

Fifteen women allege sexual harassment and verbal abuse by former Washington football team employees at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia, according to a Washington Post report released Thursday. 

A young boy in Washington suffered injuries in two different drive-by shootings over the span of 49 hours.

Mary Kay Letourneau died at age 58 after a battle with cancer, her attorney David Gehrke confirmed to Q13 News on Tuesday.

At least 93 fraternity members from the University of Washington’s Greek life have tested positive for COVID-19 after the state saw a significant spike in new cases.

Police cleared out an encampment overnight near the White House and stopped protesters from establishing an autonomous zone in downtown D.C.

A video showed people pouring milk over a child's face after reportedly getting pepper-sprayed during a protest on Saturday.

The eruption was the worst volcanic disaster in the history of the conterminous United States, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Michelle Bennett's mother Carolann lived a life of service. She spent 38 years working as a nurse, and last week, at the age of 75, she died surrounded by them.

A 90-year-old woman who had contracted COVID-19 at the the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, which became an early epicenter of the nation’s novel coronavirus outbreak, was declared free of the disease on March 22.

President Donald Trump says he’s ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ship mobile hospital centers to the hard-hit states of Washington, California and New York amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A 7-year-old used the money he saved up to help those in need as a way to overcome fear with acts of love.

The Seattle Public School District will close for at least two weeks amid concerns over the spread of novel coronavirus, The Seattle Times reported, citing an email that went out to school administrators.

Cameras captured the moment Dorthy Campbell, 88, visited her husband of more than 60 years on Thursday, though they were still separated by a glass window.

The school announced the closures will start on March 9 and run through the end of the winter quarter on March 20.

An Amazon employee in Seattle reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 after becoming symptomatic last month.

Washington state health officials announced 3 new virus deaths, bringing the death toll to 5 in the state and U.S.

The first COVID-19 death was in Washington state on Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States.