Latest Washington Headlines
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Fire Weather May Improve for Pacific Northwest, No Such Luck for Tinderbox California
Sep 18 2020 // Rains may bring some reprieve to those suffering from massive blazes in the Pacific Northwest in the next few weeks, but forecasters don’t expect any help for wildfire-plagued California anytime soon. That’s...
Washington Contractor Fined $230K for Fall Protection, Other Safety Violations
Sep 17 2020 // An Everett, Wash., construction company with a history of safety violations is facing fines of more than $230,000 after inspections at two Seattle job sites reportedly found numerous problems that placed workers at...
Moody’s Says Property/Casualty Insurers Face Significant Losses from Western Wildfires
Sep 17 2020 // Dozens of wildfires raging in California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states have resulted in loss of life, damaged or destroyed about 9,657 homes and commercial structures and burned more than 5 million acres,...
Virus Deaths Surpass 2,000 in Washington State
Sep 16 2020 // More than 2,000 people in the state have now died due to the coronavirus, according to The Washington state Department of Health. As of Monday afternoon, KUOW reports there have been 2,006 recorded deaths from COVID-19,...
Washington Labor Department: Keep Workers’ Comp Rates Steady For 2021
Sep 15 2020 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries is proposing no increase in the average price employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance next year. If the proposal is adopted, this will be the first...
Bad Air From Western Wildfires Just Won’t Ease up
Sep 15 2020 // Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won’t come until later in the week or beyond, scientists and forecasters say, and the hazy and gunk-filled skies might stick around for...
Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Evacuated, Death Toll Rises
Sep 11 2020 // Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on Friday, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least 16 people, state and local...
Ames & Gough Promotes Four Executives in Washington D.C., Boston
Sep 10 2020 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service organizations, has appointed equity...
Strong Winds Kick up Pacific Northwest Wildfires
Sep 9 2020 // Hurricane-force winds and high temperatures kicked up wildfires across parts of the Pacific Northwest over the Labor Day weekend, burning hundreds of thousands of acres and mostly destroying the small town of Malden in...
2 Washington State Agribusinesses Settle Federal Discrimination Suit for $325K
Sep 7 2020 // Two agribusinesses in Washington state will distribute $325,000 among 105 Thai farm workers to settle a federal national origin and race discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the...
Former Washington State Student Sues School District Over Mass Shooting
Sep 7 2020 // A former student at a high school in Washington state who survived a school shooting is suing the district for what she claims was a preventable attack. The mass shooting killed four students and the gunman in 2014. Carmen...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Probing Unpaid Insurance Taxes
Sep 7 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has begun a study to determine how many organizations in Washington are not paying insurance premium tax as required under state law. The study began with an initial survey...
Simulations Depict Tsunami Impact on Washington Coastal Communities
Sep 3 2020 // State authorities have released new simulations that show how a powerful tsunami could overwhelm Washington state’s coastal and shoreline communities. The Department of Natural Resources says there are some locations...
Family of Teen Killed Near Washington Protest Zone Files $3B Claims
Sep 2 2020 // The father of a 19-year-old Seattle man shot and killed in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone has filed wrongful death claims totaling $3 billion, seeking $1 billion each from the city of Seattle, King County and the...
Family of Man Who Died in Custody in Washington Announces $30M Suit
Aug 31 2020 // The family of a Black man who died in Tacoma, Wash. police custody announced they plan to sue the police department for $30 million for his death. Seattle lawyer James Bible, who represents Manuel Ellis’ family in...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Probing Unpaid Insurance Taxes
Aug 27 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has begun a study to determine how many organizations in Washington are not paying insurance premium tax as required under state law. The study began with an initial survey...
Former Washington State Student Sues School District Over Mass Shooting
Aug 26 2020 // A former student at a high school in Washington state who survived a school shooting is suing the district for what she claims was a preventable attack. The mass shooting killed four students and the gunman in 2014. Carmen...
2 Washington State Agribusinesses Settle Federal Discrimination Suit for $325K
Aug 25 2020 // Two agribusinesses in Washington state will distribute $325,000 among 105 Thai farm workers to settle a federal national origin and race discrimination lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said...
Federal Panel Backs Workers’ Comp for Washington State Hanford Employees
Aug 21 2020 // A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Washington has a right to create laws giving employees of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation easier access to health benefits if they become ill at work. The decision by a...
Settlement Reported in Triple-Murder Lawsuit in Washington
Aug 19 2020 // A wrongful death lawsuit involving the fatal shooting of three 19-year-old friends murdered at a Washington state house party in 2016 has reached a settlement. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by David Bui, the brother of...
