The University of Washington Center for Human Rights has found widespread use of solitary confinement, chronically unsanitary conditions and staff mistreatment of detainees. These conditions lead to ...

Former Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison for second-degree murder ...

The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states ...

The ordinance has increased minimum wage in unincorporated King County to $20.29 an hour, but there are exceptions based on ...

“The Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United ...

Where does our everyday garbage go? In King County, all the waste that is not compostable or recyclable — like used diapers, greasy pizza boxes or CVS receipts — is sent to Cedar Hills ...

Voices were filled with passion during a packed “School Funding Crisis” Eastside Town Hall gathering on the evening of Jan. 8 at Sammamish High School in Bellevue. School district leaders ...

The crew is part of a caravan that began heading south on Jan. 9 and includes firefighters and vehicles from Bothell, Kirkland, Shoreline and Fall City. A fire engine displaying a Mercer Island ...