Current State Government News
- October 21, 2019
- Day-use restroom closed until further notice (Parks)
- Inslee and Cuomo on Trump administration's attempt to limit states' authority to protect water quality (Governor)
- Free legal help available to Spokane-area military service members and veterans (ATG)
- October 19, 2019
- October 18, 2019
- Capitol Campus is about to get greener (Governor)
- Cougar and other wildlife sightings (Parks)
- Washington wins national awards for IT projects (WaTech)
- Recreational winter crab seasons to close in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2 (WDFW)
- October 17, 2019
- Reservation system temporarily unavailable for summer 2020 (Parks)
- AG Ferguson wants to hear from borrowers struggling with Public Service Loan Forgiveness (ATG)
- Labor & Industries cites three employers for multiple violations connected with fatal Seattle crane collapse (LNI)
- Arts Commission first small agency to receive WaTech support under the new allocation (WaTech)
- Wallace River re-opens to fishing for hatchery coho (WDFW)
- Sport white sturgeon retention allowed for two days on the Columbia River (WDFW)
- Hatchery coho retention reopening in portions of the Columbia River mainstem (WDFW)
- October 16, 2019
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- AG suit puts company that scammed foreclosed homeowners out of business (ATG)
- October 15, 2019
- October 14, 2019
- Capitol Lake to be lowered Oct. 16 in preparation for dam repairs Oct. 17 (DES)
- Statement by Commissioner Franz on Indigenous Peoples’ Day (DNR)
- Vacation housing closure notice (Parks)
- Yakima River fall salmon fishery to close (WDFW)
- October 11, 2019
- October 10, 2019
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Burn ban - level 1 (Parks)
- Federal, State, and Tribal Governments Join Forces to Practice Emergency Response Should Invasive Mussels Infest Washington Waters (RCO)
- DNR Releases New Maps to Help Residents Walk to Tsunami Safety (DNR)
- Part of the Skagit River to close two days to all fishing (WDFW)
- October 9, 2019
- October 8, 2019
- Enterprise Services receives National Association of Minority Contractors Public Agency of the Year award (DES)
- AG Ferguson files new campaign finance lawsuit against Freedom Foundation over Olympia initiative (ATG)
- Boat launch closure (Parks)
- White sturgeon retention to open for 1 day on portion of Columbia River (WDFW)
- October 7, 2019
- AG Ferguson’s initiative to end no-poach clauses nationwide reaches 100 corporate chains (ATG)
- State Awards more than $5.2 Million to Conserve Working Farms and Forests (RCO)
- Anglers may retain up to 2 coho in Marine Area 13 (WDFW)
- Part of the Skagit River to close three days to all fishing (WDFW)
- October 5, 2019
- October 4, 2019
- A section of Fragrance Lake Trail will be closed Oct. 9, 2019 (Parks)
- Broadband data for the Public Works Board (OCIO)
- Weekend events expected to bring crowds to Sylvester Park, Capitol Campus and Heritage Park (DES)
- Fife High School receives national award for fostering inclusion to support students with disabilities (Governor)
- October 3, 2019
- Pedestrian, vehicle traffic impacts coming to Capitol Way South (DES)
- Inslee statement on retirement of Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst (Governor)
- Inslee and B.C. Premier Horgan launch joint Clean Grid Initiative (Governor)
- Equestrian area and trails are currently closed (Parks)
- Perimeter road/trail closed (Parks)
- Commissioner Franz Statement Regarding the Death of Firefighter Christian Johnson (DNR)
- Anglers must release wild adult Chinook in all areas of the Snake River open to salmon (WDFW)
- October 2, 2019
- Blue Algae Bloom at Lyons Ferry **No swimming** (Parks)
- 100 new trees coming to state’s Capitol Campus (DES)
- October 1, 2019
- Inslee, Ferguson statement on appeals court decision on net neutrality (Governor)
- Commissioner Franz Names New State Geologist (DNR)
- Blanchard Core Preserved Forever After Board of Natural Resources Approves Land Transactions (DNR)
- New Names Approved for Hiking Destination, Historical Inaccuracy, Unnamed Creek (DNR)
- Attorney General charges business owners with theft of more than $33,000 from house cleaners (ATG)
- All recreational areas closed during spill response are now open, new interpretive signs installed along trail (DES)
- ATTENTION BOATERS: Docks are removed for the season (Parks)
- Eyman associates ordered to pay $1 million in AG campaign finance case (ATG)