A short-term, voluntary treatment center for people with mental illness and substance abuse problems is scheduled to open in the Central District in late July despite protests from some homeowners con...
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A section of this week's feature story about Pierce County's experiment with privatized mental health raises questions about the increases in both suicides and suicide attempts in the Tacoma region. A...
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Our feature story this week -- "Mad Medicine" -- investigates the hidden costs of privatizing mental health in Pierce County, and describes how one Tacoma family became so frustrated with the system t...
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In May 2009, Thurston County residents Michael and Shirley Williams purchased Greyhound bus tickets for a trip from Olympia to Detroit. "The... More >>
A Canadian man who occasionally calls himself "666" has been charged with sending a series of death threats to federal prosecutors in Seattle on the eve of Marc "The Prince of Pot" Emery's extradition...
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A prolific Snohomish County forger and identity thief now faces federal charges after he was caught with a bag of stolen checks, a doctored passport, and a fake Social Security card at an Everett Wal-...
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Seattle can be so super sometimes. Like when a guy who calls himself a real-life superhero challenges a guy who calls himself a real-life supervillain to a fight on the radio.Phoenix Jones appeared li...
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A pair of bumbling, text-messaging brothers outfitted in camouflage were allegedly caught trying to smuggle a load of cocaine across the Canadian border last week.According to charging documents filed...
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A mother and father in Okanogan County were acquitted of murder after they summoned their church elders instead of a doctor when their son was dying of appendicitis. Lois and Peter Griffin would not a...
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An Olympia couple is suing Greyhound and their partner company Rimrock Stages after enduring a nightmarish cross-country bus ride.In May of 2009, Thurson County residents Michael and Shirley Williams ...
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Update: It appeared dead, but SB 117 has risen from the grave: Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper selected it as one of seven bills that will be addressed in a special legislative session. Additional de...
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"There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise." Albert Camus wrote that in his classic The Plague back in 1947, and the words are as ...
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The Watering Hole: The Gerald, 5210 Ballard Ave NW, 432-9280. BALLARD.
The Atmosphere: It's a shame that the fifth season of Mad Men is already finished filming because The Gerald would make a perfec...
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The King County Council is considering two ordinances meant to stop intimidation at schools, and kick gang members off their turf, but the ACLU claims the proposed laws would do more harm than good.Th...
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If you thought heroin was the most intense opiate on the planet, think again. Compared to Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic pharmaceutical, mainlining plain ol' smack is like a drinking a cup of decaf. N...
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Several dozen members of Seattle's large East African immigrant community packed a federal courtroom yesterday afternoon during a detention hearing for Abrehaile Haile, a Franklin High graduate accuse...
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Chone. Pronounce it just like it looks, not Shawn, Sean, or Shone. Nope, as long as Chone Figgins' batting average stays below .200, and he strikes out once every three at-bats, he is Chone, with a ha...
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Jose Antonio Vargas is done coming out of the closet -- he's done it twice already. The first time the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist came out, it had to do with his sexuality. The second time, he ...
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When it comes to creating a post-racial society, perhaps the world could learn a thing or two from drug dealers. According to federal prosecutors, a powerful Aryan Nation gang in Bellingham put aside ...
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After she was declared mentally incompetent in Washington, an elderly Bellevue woman and her ex-husband accused of abandoning a herd of valuable Lusitano and Andalusian show horses last winter had doz...
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Illegal immigration from Mexico is reportedly on the decline, but Gian Carlo Perrotti may boost the stats for illicit Canadian border crossings all by himself. The Canadian was recently caught trying ...
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With his unit ambushed by more than 200 Taliban fighters and trapped in a firefight that lasted more than 13 hours, Sgt. Tavis Delaney went into hero mode. After coordinating a series of airstrikes, t...
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