He and Joelene had waited nearly a year for news about his commutation petition — a relatively rare form of clemency that, if approved by the governor, would allow his early release from prison. In ...

At the same time, Adult Protective Services workers say they’re under growing pressure to close investigations quickly.

After Isaac Berger overdosed, his mother gave hospital staff the pills she found in his room. She says it became the biggest regret of her life. Alone on the couch in her rural Idaho living room, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Washington’s K-12 education oversight agency is proposing a series of policy changes to improve the state’s handling of teacher misconduct ...

On Aug. 6, 2025, a Lynnwood police officer got a call from a social worker at a nearby hospital. A girl, hospitalized for suicidal ideation, wanted to make a report about being assaulted by her former ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In April, Spokane police arrested a man for grabbing a woman by the neck and pushing her to the ground. A neighbor had called 911 worried ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In 2004, Washington became the first state in the country to enact a “Don’t Pass the Trash” law, seeking to prohibit public school districts ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In September 2023, Deborah Albin found herself sitting in jail in Corvallis, Oregon, listening as a prosecutor told a judge why she should ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In April 2024, the Mill Creek Police Department launched an investigation into Kevin Kukla, an AP physics teacher at Everett’s Henry M.

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... A sheriff’s office in southeast Idaho is the second in the state to sign an agreement with federal immigration officials allowing deputies ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Stephanie Maya thought the facts were on her side in the custody case for her 3-year-old son. She’d recently escaped an abusive relationship ...

Last March, Wilfredo Castillo pulled up to a nondescript business park in Tukwila, Washington, where he had been dozens of times for routine check-ins with his immigration case manager. The case ...