Gov. Inslee Fires Western State Hospital CEO After Recent Escapes The head of Washington's largest psychiatric hospital was fired Tuesday. Governor Jay Inslee has announced that CEO Ron Adler will no longer lead... Paige Browning
Could More Staffing And Higher Pay Fix Western State Hospital? Kim Malcolm talks with state Rep. Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) about the problems facing Western State Hospital and why she believes adding staff and... Kim Malcolm
Trans Kids Can Be Happy Kids, With Support "I just always felt like a boy." Nine-year-old Skyler Kelly was born a girl. But he didn't feel like a girl. From a very young age he knew he was... Kate OConnell
This Week We're Hiking Past The Ads To Get To The News Advertising is coming to an outdoors near you, can commercialism save our state parks? Also, should Seattle give heroin users a safe place to inject?... Bill Radke
Washington's New Vision Screening Requirements Could Be Tricky School kids in Washington state are tested for distance vision, to make sure they can see the chalk board at 20 feet. Now a new law requires students to... Ruby de Luna
Seattle Council Asks Pharmacies To Collect Unused Drugs Seattle leaders want the city to have more disposal sites for drugs like OxyContin and Vicodin. The City Council passed a resolution Monday that asks... Paige Browning
The 'Promotora Effect': Getting Latinas To Mammograms We all know that cancer screenings are important, but it doesn’t mean they always get done. For some Latina women, a conversation with a peer can nudge... Ruby de Luna
Biden Visits Seattle To Move Cancer Research Forward Vice President Joe Biden urged scientists to collaborate to help speed up the process to cure cancer. Biden was in Seattle Monday. He toured a lab at... Ruby de Luna
Why These Seattle Writers Launched #ShoutYourAbortion Seattleite Amelia Bonow is not the type to whisper about anything. But her abortion was something she kept to herself – until a few days ago. Allie Ferguson
Seattle Is Taking Notes From Vancouver's Legal Injection Site The rise in heroin use in Washington has pushed a new idea to the forefront: legal injection sites for drug users. Monday, a City Council committee will... Paige Browning
