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Foster Care

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Bellevue Craigslist-Advertised Home Found with Dead Body Inside

    When two men showed up to check out a home in Bellevue after reading an ad on Craigslist, they probably thought they'd get a tour and some paperwork. Instead they found something else entirely.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Jeffrey and Sandra Weller, Vancouver Parents, Charged With Routinely Starving and Beating Adopted Twins

    ​There's no door knob on the inside of the twins' bedroom. Try and open it and an alarm sounds. The windows: Locked. Electricity: Off. And the refrigerator--apparently the focal point of the children's lives for years: Shut tight with a bicycle lock.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    State to Watchdog Group: Trust Us, We Know Why Children Are Dying In Our Care

    ​Between Jan. 1, 2009, and April 30, 2010, 90 children living in foster homes or state-supervised facilities died, an average of one child every five days. Two-thirds were under the age of 2. Following the deaths, fatality review boards made 111 recommendations to the state Children's Admini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    The Race Is On to Extend the Braam Settlement, a Critical Part of the Child Welfare Oversight System, That's Set to Expire in Five Weeks

    Only five weeks remain before the Braam Settlement expires.​October 31. That's the day the Braam Settlement, a critical part of Washington's child-welfare oversight system, is set to permanently expire. The settlement, which expired in July and was temporarily extended through the end of Octo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2011

    Fashawn

    Only five weeks remain before the Braam Settlement expires.​October 31. That's the day the Braam Settlement, a critical part of Washington's child-welfare oversight system, is set to permanently expire. The settlement, which expired in July and was temporarily extended through the end of Octo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 22, 2010

    X-Mas Eve Mess

    Only five weeks remain before the Braam Settlement expires.​October 31. That's the day the Braam Settlement, a critical part of Washington's child-welfare oversight system, is set to permanently expire. The settlement, which expired in July and was temporarily extended through the end of Octo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    The Dumbest Criminals of the Year

    ​Every year Seattle gets editorially fellated for having some of the smartest citizens in the country. But while Forbes and other national magazines focus on the Boeing engineers and baristas with advanced degrees, they ignore the fact that we also have our fair share of mental midgets. Espec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Army Soldier Ruben Colon Accused of Waterboarding Foster Son for Wetting the Bed

    ​There are appropriate ways and inappropriate ways to deal with a kid who's wetting the bed. Appropriate: encourage the child to go to the bathroom before getting tucked in and, if that fails, invest in rubber sheets. Inappropriate: make like they're a reluctant Guantanamo detainee and introdu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    State Auditor Finds Finds Children's Administration Lax in Conducting Background Checks

    If only a magnifying glass was all the infrastructure a background check required.​No state agency wants to be on the business end of an embarrassing report by the State Auditor's office. That's the conventional thinking. Leave it to the Children's Administration to illustrate that conventiona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    Mother Accused of Starving Baby Because it was too Fat

    Brittainy Labberton of Bellevue was only 20 years old when she gave birth to her daughter in August of 2008. Still, no matter how young you are, most parents should know that babies are supposed to be fat and cuddly. Right? Labberton and her husband Scott stand charged with third-degree criminal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Judgement Day: Rebecca Long Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison

    ​Last month, a King County Superior Court judge gave Jon Pomeroy the maximum penalty for his role in the purposeful starvation of his daughter. Just hours ago, Rebecca Long, Pomeroy's estranged wife and the source of the abuse that left her teenage stepdaughter weighing just 48 pounds, was se ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Postscript: An Interview With the Foster Father

    ​Last month, a King County Superior Court judge gave Jon Pomeroy the maximum penalty for his role in the purposeful starvation of his daughter. Just hours ago, Rebecca Long, Pomeroy's estranged wife and the source of the abuse that left her teenage stepdaughter weighing just 48 pounds, was se ... More >>

  • News

    February 11, 2009

    Unfortunate Son, and an Aborted Adoption

    A local parent says DSHS misled him about the boy who became his adopted son.

  • Film

    March 10, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    A Great Wonder, Kitchen Stories, and Latter Days.

  • Film

    December 25, 2002

    Go Navy

    Denzel's directorial debut is smooth sailing.

  • Music

    March 13, 2002

    Art aid

    A local nonprofit upstart calls on rock and roll to help save the day.

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    Growing Up Black & White

    The story of one family's struggle with America's racial divide.

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