A patient from Lakewood, Wash.-based Western State Hospital — the largest psychiatric hospital in the state — was diagnosed with Legionnaires’, according to an Associated Press report relayed by The ...

In tonight’s Operation Crime and Justice report, KOMO News is digging into why a repeat offender with a history of violent ...

While the Department of Social and Health Services and CMS work on a 13-month improvement plan for Lakewood, Wash.-based Western State Hospital, a new report outlines the numerous economic and quality ...

Construction is ramping up at a new state psychiatric hospital as Washington works to meet continued demand for treatment of people accused of crimes. The state broke ground in October on the new ...

The unacceptable state of mental health care in Washington is demonstrated by a single fact — Western State Hospital has not ...

A Puget Island man facing attempted murder charges has finally been admitted to Western State Hospital, three months after he was ordered to receive competency restoration there by the Wahkiakum ...

The construction of the new $947 million Western State Hospital facility is charging ahead and on track for completion, officials announced Thursday. Sean Murphy, deputy assistant secretary of the ...

SEATTLE (AP) - A Washington state man who police say drove his girlfriend's body to a psychiatric hospital and told staff he killed her has a court hearing Wednesday. Police say 29-year-old Attila ...

STAUNTON -- Tuesday was moving in day to the new campus for the 184 patients of Western State Hospital. By van and bus, the patients began traveling to the new $140 million hospital on a 66-acre site ...

A Western State Hospital patient has been charged with second-degree assault after allegedly biting off part of a nurse’s ear. Ted S. Warren AP Photo The names of people in police reports involving ...