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
- Governor: Jay Inslee (D)
Events
- 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]
