The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ...

Seattle has finally started tossing people in jail for low-level crimes again after four years of letting shoplifters, vandals and other petty criminals walk free. The change, which went into effect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Due to lack of space in the King County Jail, the City of Seattle is considering a pilot program that would pay for jail beds at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today the Seattle City Council approved a pilot program proposed by Mayor Harrell to house some misdemeanor offenders at the SCORE ...

SEATTLE — A man police say is responsible for over 20 bank robberies throughout Seattle and King County has been arrested. The arrest took place on Monday afternoon, following a months-long ...

SEATTLE — Plans to pay for more jail beds to house misdemeanor offenders are being denounced by Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales, who said it will lead to higher costs with fewer resources to ...

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes stated he expects to be jailed by the Trump administration for standing up for First Amendment rights amid ICE protests. Barnes made these comments during a Seattle ...

A former King County Jail guard, two men incarcerated in the jail and three other people have been indicted in an alleged scheme to smuggle fentanyl and methamphetamine into the downtown Seattle jail ...

SEATTLE — Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison said the King County Jail will not book people for certain misdemeanor crimes, such as animal cruelty and certain property destruction and theft cases. Last ...