On January 23, 2016, streetcars return to Seattle's First Hill after a 76-year absence. The 2.5-mile streetcar line marks the end to a streetcar-less Capitol Hill, which last saw the service on Septem...
On March 19, 2016, Sound Transit begins Link light-rail service to Capitol Hill and the University of Washington (UW), extending the Link line, which had opened in 2009 between downtown Seattle and Se...
On March 26, 2016, the King County Library System (KCLS) opens the Renton Highlands Library in the heart of Renton's new Sunset Area redevelopment project. The 15,000-square-foot library at 2801 NE 10...
On March 27, 2016, the University of Washington Huskies women's basketball team reaches the semifinals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship, becoming the first team in s...
At 1:30 a.m. on April 25, 2016, eastbound traffic lanes open on the new State Route (SR) 520 floating bridge, fully opening the bridge to traffic. The new bridge, sometimes referred to as the Evergree...
On April 26, 2016, an aircraft tug begins to pull a blue-and-white United Airlines airplane out of the Museum of Flight Restoration Center hangar at Paine Field. The rubber tires of the tug slip ...
On April 30, 2016, beginning at 9:30 a.m., the Kingsgate Library celebrates its reopening. Part of the King County Library System (KCLS), the Kingsgate Library is housed in a building constructed in 1...
On June 20, 2016, American and Italian dignitaries gather to celebrate the official opening of the Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory, located in Seattle's Interbay distri...
On June 20, 2016, the Mukilteo City Council adopts the Japanese Gulch Master Plan to create a public park in the heart of the city. This decision is the culmination of several years of preservation ef...
In the early morning hours of July 14, 2016, workers for contractor Nickel Bros Industrial begin moving Everett's historic Weyerhaeuser Building from the Port of Everett's South Marina on West Marine ...
On August 4, 2016, Pioneer Cemetery in Auburn, a burial site since the 1860s, is awarded landmark status by the City of Auburn and King County. The designation enables the city's parks department to s...
On August 17, 2016, the Sammamish Valley Wine and Beverage Study is released, with a focus on the intersection of the wine, brewery, and spirits industries with the agricultural industry in the Sammam...
On September 2, 2016, Kabby Mitchell III (c. 1957-2017), Huong Vu, Hedgebrook, and Annex Theatre win the 2016 Seattle Mayor's Arts Awards. Mayor Ed Murray (b. 1955) presents the awards in an indoor ce...
On September 19, 2016, Darlene Scott (b. 1932) and Gail Libbing announce through the media that they will soon close Carr's Hardware in downtown Marysville. The three-generation, family-run business h...
On the evening of September 23, 2016, Arcan Cetin (1996-2017) walks into the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Skagit County, armed with a Ruger 10/22 rifle, and kills five random victims inside Macy's. Cet...
In the election of November 8, 2016, Washington voters re-elect Governor Jay Inslee (b. 1951), U.S. Senator Patty Murray (b. 1950), and the nine of the state's 10 members of Congress who are seeking r...
On December 10, 2016, the Seattle Sounders capture their first MLS Cup, Major League Soccer's championship trophy, defeating Toronto FC at Toronto's BMO Field. The championship caps a tumultuous year ...
On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, more than 100,000 people march through the streets of Seattle in what is believed to be the ...
On February 9, 2017, the West Point Treatment Plant suffers a major failure. Located in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood and operated by King County's Wastewater Treatment Division, West Point is the l...
On February 18, 2017, in a private ceremony attended by some 200 tribal members and staff, the Umatilla, Yakama, Colville, Wanapum, and Nez Perce tribes rebury the ancestor they honor as the Ancient O...
On February 25, 2017, University of Washington guard Kelsey Plum (b. 1994) becomes the leading scorer in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) women's basketball history. She does it with a ...
On April 1, 2017, Gonzaga University plays in its first-ever Final Four game and advances to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's college basketball championship game by beating S...
On April 29, 2017, the King County Library System (KCLS) opens the new $9.6 million Tukwila Library at the corner of Tukwila International Boulevard and S 144th Street in the city of Tukwila just sout...
On May 13, 2017, Tukwila officials and residents celebrate the completion of the city's Duwamish Gardens Project, which converted a historic homestead site on the Duwamish River into a park with enhan...