All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 21 2019 // The family of a 92-year-old Vancouver, Wash. woman who died after ambulance workers who were transporting her allegedly dropped her onto a sidewalk has filed a $4 million lawsuit.The Oregonian/OregonLive reported the...
Nov 18 2019 // Car crashes in the first three states to legalize recreational marijuana have soared as law enforcement and regulators struggle to define driving high, let alone determine how to fight it.Colorado, Oregon, and Washington...
Nov 8 2019 // Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co. documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its...
Nov 7 2019 // California revealed for the first time an 18-month investigation into Facebook Inc.’s privacy practices and accused the social media giant on Wednesday of hampering the probe by failing to turn over emails from Chief...
Nov 6 2019 // The United States will target shipping companies that are in breach of sanctions and aggressively enforce measures across the globe to clamp down on such practices, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.In one of the...
Nov 6 2019 // How did a piece of piping installed when Richard Nixon was U.S. president go without once being checked before leading to a fire that devastated the East Coast’s largest and oldest oil refinery?That’s a...
Nov 5 2019 // PEMCO Mutual Insurance has named Chris Purcell to the executive team as vice president and chief information officer. Purcell will continue to advance the organization’s digital and technology strategies. Purcell...
Nov 4 2019 // A Washington state county has filed a lawsuit against e-cigarette maker JUUL after a dozen confirmed cases of vaping-related lung illness in the state.King County’s claim accuses JUUL and its affiliates of fraud,...
Nov 1 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in July, August and September against insurance companies, agents and brokers for violating state insurance regulations.A summary of cases of...
Oct 25 2019 // The Washington insurance commissioner has fined a company $100,000 and barred it from selling insurance policies in the state after promising gun owners insured criminal activity.The Seattle Times reported that United...
Oct 24 2019 // The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down near Shelton, Wash.The tornado his on Friday night, with had winds up to 100 mph. The tornado started on land and traveled more than a half mile before moving...
Oct 21 2019 // A Washington state county has filed a lawsuit against e-cigarette maker JUUL after a dozen confirmed cases of vaping-related lung illness in the state.KOMO-TV reports that King County’s claim accuses JUUL and its...
Oct 11 2019 // Authorities in Washington, D.C., say two regional transit agency workers were hurt when one commuter train rear-ended another. WTOP-FM reports D.C. Fire and EMS tweeted that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit...
Oct 8 2019 // A new Washington state law has helped allow the family of a firefighter who died in the line of duty to collect insurance benefits from his death.The Longview Daily News reported that the law recognizes PTSD as an...
Oct 7 2019 // The Evergreen State College in Washington is facing more than $135,000 in fines for multiple violations related to asbestos and other safety issues around its Olympia campus.The Department of Labor & Industries has...
Oct 4 2019 // Washington state officials have announced an earthquake warning phone application is expected to be available for download October 2020.KING-TV reports that the app ShakeAlert was designed to send people an alert on how...
Oct 3 2019 // Washington is joining several other states in banning the sale of flavored vaping products amid concern over the mysterious lung illness that has sickened hundreds of people and killed about a dozen across the country.Gov....
Sep 30 2019 // The Evergreen State College in Washington is facing more than $135,000 in fines for multiple violations related to asbestos and other safety issues around its Olympia campus.The Department of Labor & Industries has...
Sep 27 2019 // Around noon one Wednesday in July, two school districts from California’s Central Valley auctioned off their bonds to Wall Street underwriters.Both had the same credit rating. The deals were of similar size. They...
Sep 24 2019 // A Battle Ground, Wash., dairy bottling and distribution operation has been hit with a large fine for multiple violations after a worker’s hand was crushed in the bottling plant.The Department of Labor &...