Washington News Flash

(Andy Lyons/Getty Images) The Gonzaga Bulldogs (No. 1 seed, West Region) and the UCLA Bruins (No. 11 seed, East Region) will compete in the second Final Four game on Saturday at 8:34 p.m. on CBS in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium.

(Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (OLYMPIA, Wash.) Two Washington lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday in the state House to decriminalize possession of hard drugs, according to Crosscut.

(Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) (BELLINGHAM, Wash.) Bellingham Police on Thursday destroyed a homeless camp at City Hall a day earlier than scheduled in an attempt to avoid protests that were planned to block the action, reported KIRO 7.

(Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) Roughly 400 members of Washington State's National Guard have been called to Washington D.C. to help with inauguration day security, according to The Seattle Times.

(Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images) (SEATTLE) Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal said she tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, following being locked down in a secured room during the Capitol Hill riot on Jan. 6.

(Donald Miralle/Getty Images) (SEATTLE) Numerous tribes from the Pacific Northwest and Alaska have joined forces with the states of Oregon and Washington in a lawsuit attempting to halt the closure and sale of the Federal Archives and Records Center in Seattle, according to Alaska News Source.

(Nathan Howard / Getty Images) (OLYMPIA, Wash.) Some Washington state lawmakers are calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked, declaring President Donald Trump unfit for office, according to KIRO 7.

(Samuel Corum / Getty Images) (LEAVENWORTH, Wash.) An anonymous caller tipped police to a bomb in a trash can in the mountain town of Leavenworth Tuesday night, according to county reports.

(Elaine Thompson - Pool/Getty Images) (OLYMPIA, Wash.) Accusing President Donald Trump of holding federal relief "hostage," Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the state will cover the cost of extending a single round of federal COVID-19 unemployment benefits for Washingtonians, after Trump allowed them to lapse.

(Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images) (SPOKANE, Wash.) Spokane police arrested a man Wednesday after he walked into the headquarters of the Spokane County Democratic Party carrying what he said was a bomb, according to The Seattle Times.

(Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) (SKAGIT, Wash.) Authorities temporarily closed at least half of the traffic over the Interstate 5 Skagit bridge, to allow for an inspection after a semitruck collided with the bridge structure early Wednesday.

CHEWELAH, Wash.) Two people were injured when the chair they were riding in detached from the cable on an older chairlift at a ski resort in Washington State - apparently the second time in recent years that a chair detached at the resort.

(Karen Ducey/Getty Images) (SEATTLE) The West Seattle water taxi will return to service Monday, Dec. 7, following a stoppage for replacement of a component at one of the vessel's dock facilities.

(Dave Einsel/Getty Images) (SPOKANE, Wash.) Spokane Police Department (SPD) was called to a home on N. Jefferson St. and Northwest Blvd. to investigate the death of a man shot in the face early on Wednesday.

(John Moore/Getty Images) (OLYMPIA, Wash.) Washington State health officials unveiled a smartphone app Monday that allows users to anonymously track whether they've possibly been exposed to COVID-19.

(Scott Olson/Getty Images) (TACOMA, Wash.) A Tacoma man was arrested early Monday morning after doubling down on an alleged car theft attempt - by stealing the car of the police officer who came to arrest him.

(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) (SEATTLE) Household, workplace and social gathering COVID-19 transmission is on the rise in King County, according to a review of coronavirus exposure by Public Health—Seattle & King County, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday.

(Joe Raedle / Getty Images) (SEATTLE) An unidentified woman was stabbed to death in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood in the early hours of Monday morning, with a police remaining on-scene into the afternoon.

(Spencer Platt / Getty Images) (SEATTLE) If you attend or host a Thanksgiving dinner in Washington State this year, what are the odds someone at your table is infected?. About the same as "catching a bullet in Russian roulette."

(Timothy Ah Koy / Unsplash) (EVERETT, Wash.) A massive search continued the day after two police officers were thrown from a rescue boat by a rogue wave near Jetty Island on Tuesday, with as many as 13 agencies taking part even as hopes for finding one of the men dimmed.