On December 14, 2020, during its regular weekly meeting, the Spokane City Council unanimously votes to change the name of Fort George Wright Drive in west Spokane to Whistalks Way. Colonel George Wrig...
On December 15, 2020, a group of 13 healthcare workers in Seattle become the first people in Washington to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The group of doctors, nurses, paramedics, medical assistants, and...
On December 29, 2020, at 5:50 p.m., the Washington State Ferry Suquamish arrives at Mukilteo from Clinton, marking the official opening of Mukilteo's new, $187 million ferry terminal. The pr...
On June 28, 2021, the third day of a withering heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, the temperature in Seattle soars to 108 degrees, an all-time record. The reading is recorded at nearby Seattle-T...
On October 19, 2021, Seattle music fans get a sneak peek at the new Climate Pledge Arena with a benefit concert featuring two bands with strong Seattle ties, Foo Fighters and Death Cab for Cutie. The ...
On October 23, 2021, the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League play their first home game. The result, a 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, fails to dim the celebratory mood as Seattle welcomes...
On March 28, 2022, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs legislation establishing pickleball as the official state sport of Washington. Invented on Bainbridge Island in 1965 by three men – Joel Pritc...
On April 7, 2022, at 3:43 a.m., a passing tow-truck driver spots flames coming from the windows of one of the oldest buildings in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. Through the night and following day,...
On April 27, 2022, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) inaugurates a program called Hope Corps that provides grants to under- and unemployed creative workers and arts organizations who dev...
On June 7, 2022, Black Arts Legacies, a digital archive exploring the history, diversity, and impact of Seattle Black artists, debuts. The inaugural Legacies archive includes written profiles, photogr...
On June 15, 2022, the final piece of artwork comprising the AIDS Memorial Pathway is installed. The last work of art is Horatio Hung-Yan Law’s "Ribbon of Light," which joins the work of four oth...
On September 27, 2022, shortly after dawn, an all-electric commuter aircraft prototype, powered by more than 21,500 battery cells, takes off from Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake....
On March 1, 2023, Providence Hospital of Everett, Pacific campus, celebrates the 100th anniversary of its groundbreaking in 1923, when a two-stage building plan at a cost of $300,000 was approved by t...
On June 18, 2023, the OceanGate Titan submersible begins its two and a half mile descent to the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. It is 8 a.m. EDT in the North Atlantic, 400 miles from the c...
On September 9, 2023, Seattle gardeners and friends gather to celebrate a half-century of city-sponsored community gardening through the P-Patch Program. The program was launched in 1973 after Univers...