2023 in Washington (state)

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The following is a list of events of the year 2023 in the U.S. state of Washington.

State government

January 21: Seattle Chinese Post published its last issue, and Northwest Asian Weekly became online-only.^[1]
January 23: Killing of Jaahnavi Kandula
March–December: 2023 Washington wildfires
May 14: 2023 South Coldwater Slide destroyed a bridge and cut off access to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
May 24: WA 64 apple introduced by Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center^[2]
June 13: Killing of Eina Kwon
August 4–19: Over 60,000 people visited the LDS Moses Lake Temple prior to its September dedication.^[3]
September 16: Link light rail extended to Hilltop, Tacoma, Washington with opening of the St. Joseph station
November 7 elections:
- 2023 Seattle City Council election: A slate of candidates endorsed by The Seattle Times faced a slate endorsed by The Stranger in "the first major council shake-up since the 2020 protests", referencing the George Floyd protests in Seattle, Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, and 2020–21 United States election protests.^[4]
- 2023 Spokane mayoral election: Lisa Brown was elected.
December 5: 2023 Pacific Northwest floods begin with an atmospheric river that set rainfall and temperature records.^[5]

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21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025