A patient who went missing from Western State Hospital in Steilacoom was found dead Monday morning at a nearby construction site. The patient failed to return after being granted court-ordered, ...

Despite “significant strides” at Western State Hospital, Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital lost its federal certification and $53 million in federal funds Monday after failing to achieve ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks at a Nov. 6 news conference at the Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Pierce County. (Screenshot / TVW) ...

The state agency overseeing Western State Hospital will pay $2.3 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused officials of negligence after a psychiatric patient was strangled to death by his roommate.

Early Monday morning, Jan. 5, a person found dead at a construction site at Western State Hospital was identified by the Department of Social and Health Services as a patient who had been reported ...

A patient who had been reported missing from Western State Hospital was found dead early Monday at a construction site on the hospital’s grounds, according to the Washington State Department of Social ...

(The Center Square) - House lawmakers advanced a proposal Thursday to provide additional police funding to the cities of Lakewood and Medical Lake for hosting Washington’s two psychiatric hospitals.

The construction of the new $947 million Western State Hospital facility is charging ahead and on track for completion, officials announced on Nov. 6. Sean Murphy, deputy assistant secretary of the ...