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In the Dark: A young mother and son slain. A surprising lead. A family’s...
After 23-year-old Stacy Falcon-Dewey and her 3-year-old son, Jake, were found slain in 1994, Renton police detectives chased one dead-end lead after another. But even after a break in the case came...
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The head doctor at Monroe prison was fired over alleged negligent care. Now...
In a statement sent through her lawyer, the doctor said she is appealing the "wrongful dismissal" and hopes the Department of Corrections "will do the right thing" and reinstate her.
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Longtime King County juvenile detention director given confidential $420,000...
The payment is at least the second six-figure settlement given to a longtime county director in recent months.
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Seattle to pay $17,000 in settlement with Seattle Times over public records...
In reaching the settlement with The Seattle Times, finalized Friday, the city did not admit to any violations of the law, but agreed to the payment to cover the newspaper's legal costs.
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Republican legislators blast Inslee administration over deaths at Monroe prison
Republican state Sens. Mike Padden and Keith Wagoner said they're working on legislation for the 2020 session aimed at addressing Department of Corrections failures, but did not yet have detailed...
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Gov. Jay Inslee’s frequent presidential campaign travel continues to cost...
Between March 1 and the end of July, Inslee was on the road for all or parts of 90 days, according to an analysis of his official calendar by The Seattle Times and public radio's Northwest News Network.
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Public Crisis, Private Toll: A primer on the mental-health crisis in...
Washington state’s mental-health crisis has revolved for years around a hard fact: There aren’t enough psychiatric facilities. But a shift is underway that promises to change this.
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Public Crisis, Private Toll: How a company’s push to expand psychiatric care...
Public Crisis, Private Toll | A Seattle Times investigation: After years of Washington state’s chronic shortage in mental-health care, a quiet transformation is underway: the expansion of private...
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Massachusetts health-care system conducting a review of US HealthVest after...
A health-care system in Massachusetts said it was conducting a review of US HealthVest, its partner in a proposed psychiatric hospital, two days after a Seattle Times investigation of the company’s...
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Behind Joint Commission’s ‘Gold Seal of Approval,’ a history of missed safety...
The Joint Commission's "Gold Seal of Approval" is one of the most visible signs the public has of a psychiatric hospital's quality. But regulators routinely find serious violations the accrediting...
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Response from Cascade Behavioral CEO Michael Uradnik
Thank you for providing a summary of your planned story and affording Cascade Behavioral Health (Cascade) an opportunity to respond with important facts and context about our hospital, the unique and...
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At private psychiatric hospitals, a hidden safety record, a human cost
Public Crisis, Private Toll | A Seattle Times investigation: At Washington state’s private psychiatric hospitals, the full scope of safety incidents is effectively invisible to the public. Despite...
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Gov. Inslee urges stronger oversight of Washington’s private psychiatric...
Gov. Jay Inslee said the state’s oversight of private psychiatric hospitals is “inadequate” in response to a Seattle Times investigation.
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‘Justice for Rosenda Strong’: One year after she disappeared, family pushes...
One year after they last saw her alive, Rosenda Strong's family struggles to heal from her killing while still keeping her story in the public eye.
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Boeing rejected 737 MAX safety upgrades before fatal crashes, whistleblower says
The details revealed in the ethics complaint raise new questions about the culture at Boeing and whether the long-held imperative that safety must be the overarching priority was compromised on the MAX...
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Boeing pushed FAA to relax 737 MAX certification requirements for crew alerts
Boeing convinced the FAA to relax safety standards for cockpit alerts on the 737 MAX. Two fatal crashes have highlighted the key role such alerts play when pilots face emergencies.
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Black passengers cited, punished disproportionately by Sound Transit fare...
Sound Transit says its fare-enforcement system practice is designed to be unbiased, but the agency's data shows the system is not preventing disproportionate punishment.
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Public Crisis, Private Toll: Key findings of The Seattle Times’ investigation...
Washington state has approved or expanded 10 private psychiatric hospitals since 2012, promising to transform the way mental-health care is delivered in a state with a chronic shortage of treatment...
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Free to check in, but not to leave: Patients seeking mental-health treatment...
In hundreds of cases, patients seeking mental-health treatment in Washington state have been held against their will or threatened with involuntary commitment.
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Behind the Public Crisis, Private Toll investigation: A multitude of...
This project began with a surprising discovery. After years of chronic shortages of mental-health care options in Washington state, for-profit companies were competing to build new psychiatric...
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