Jay Inslee

An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order to limit the spread of coronavirus, defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people.

An Oregon woman was killed in her bed early on Wednesday after a tree crashed through the roof of her home as storms caused severe flooding, power outages and evacuations across the US Pacific Northwest, authorities said.

About 250,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Washington state on Wednesday after a storm blew down trees and triggered mudslides, killing at least three people, authorities said.

A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.

Three firefighters in Washington state were killed and four injured while battling a wildfire threatening the north-central town of Twisp, Governor Jay Inslee said on Wednesday.

Six underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on the Columbia River in southern Washington State are leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to public health, Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday.

An estimated 2,500 people rallied at the Washington state capitol on Sunday to protest Democratic Governor Jay Inslee's stay-at-home order to limit the spread of coronavirus, defying a ban on gatherings of 50 or more people.

An Oregon woman was killed in her bed early on Wednesday after a tree crashed through the roof of her home as storms caused severe flooding, power outages and evacuations across the US Pacific Northwest, authorities said.

About 250,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Washington state on Wednesday after a storm blew down trees and triggered mudslides, killing at least three people, authorities said.

A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.

Three firefighters in Washington state were killed and four injured while battling a wildfire threatening the north-central town of Twisp, Governor Jay Inslee said on Wednesday.

Six underground tanks at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on the Columbia River in southern Washington State are leaking radioactive waste, but there is no immediate risk to public health, Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday.