There will be 15 designated shelters in Seattle, with dozens of others opening throughout the county starting Sunday, June 8.

Expect to see more patrols on the roads in western Washington over the next few months for the “100 Safe Days of Summer” ...

King County is deploying extra high visibility enforcement patrols to ensure county roadways are safe during the summer ...

Wellpath’s settlement follows a separate $7 million payout by Alameda County nearly two years ago over Monk’s death.

Hundreds of King County residents who died last year without family members to claim their remains were honored Wednesday in ...

June 6 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and to commemorate this event, Public Health – Seattle & King County’s ...

His top priorities, he said, have been stabilizing and retaining the office’s staff of deputies and the nurses who work in the county jail. Encouraging young people to serve in their community is ...

which alleged that San Bernardino County jails were violating the constitutional rights of its almost 6,000 inmates. “Jail medical, mental health, and dental care is so deficient that it is harming ...

About 16 inmates at the county ... mental health care,” she said. Delahanty also said some of the inmates aren’t getting the medical care they need. She said her husband was diagnosed with high blood ...

LOOKING NICE. THESE COOLER TEMPS LEADING INTO A person who was being held at the Franklin County Jail died over the weekend, according to a statement from the warden. "Franklin County Jail ...

(WSFA) - Nearly a year after closing and evacuating inmates from the Autauga County Metro Jail over health and safety concerns, Sheriff Mark Harrell is filing a lawsuit against the county ...

Autauga County Sheriff Mark Harrell filed a lawsuit Friday against the Autauga County Commission, alleging “negligent or willful refusal” by the panel to maintain the county jail. In the 20 ...