On September 25, 2000, the permanent home of the University of Washington Bothell Branch opens for classes with 1,300, upper-division students. The new Cascadia Community College also opens on the sam...
On October 30, 2000, Seattle Korean community leader Youngsu "Rocky" Kim was found shot to death at his West Seattle gas station and minimart. He was one of the Korean American community's brightest l...
On November 3, 2000, at 4:48 a.m., a 235-pound girl was born to Chai, an Asian elephant, at Woodland Park Zoo, after a typical 22-month elephant pregnancy. The birth was historic and not only for the ...
On November 7, 2000, Democrat Maria Cantwell (b. 1958) narrowly defeats Republican Senator Slade Gorton (b. 1928) and joins Senator Patty Murray (b. 1950) to make Washington the third state with two w...
On November 21, 2000, more than 1,000 members of Local 82 of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild strike The Seattle Times and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer after rejecting a final contract offer. T...
On November 27, 2000, the SuperSonics fire head coach Paul Westphal and promote assistant coach and former SuperSonics player Nate McMillan to guide the team. McMillan has been a coach with the team s...
On November 30, 2000, opponents of the World Trade Organization (WTO) commemorate 1999 protests in Seattle with several marches downtown. The marchers tie up traffic, occupy the Westlake Mall area for...
On December 11, 2000, Seattle Mariner shortstop and superstar hitter Alex Rodriguez signs with the Texas Rangers for $252 million over 10 years. Rodriguez exercises his rights as a free agent to leave...
On the night of December 23, 2000, a chartered Amtrak train smashes through a house that had stalled on the tracks during transport through Auburn. The freak accident occurs at 11:15 p.m. on a Burling...
On the morning of January 1, 2001, Magnuson Park visitors discover a metalic monolith atop Kite Hill. The oblong object measures approximately three feet wide by nine feet tall and appears to be hollo...
On January 1, 2001, the University of Washington Huskies defeat the Purdue Boilermakers 34-24 in the annual Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, California. The Rose Bowl pits a football team from the PAC-10 c...
On January 8, 2001, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a federal agency based in Seattle, implements sweeping regulations intended to protect Puget Sound's dwindling chinook runs. The new "...