As a psychiatric social worker at Washington’s Western State Hospital, Maria Claudio’s job is to care for some of the most complex mental health patients in the state. Washington's largest ...

Police arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of injuring an employee in an attack last month at Western State Hospital in Staunton.

He then was committed indefinitely to Western State Hospital, records show ... as a journalist for more than 30 years, most of it in Washington state.

The story begins when Gov. Jay Inslee shut down much of Western State Hospital, Washington’s largest psychiatric facility, in 2018. He opted instead for a strategy where treatment was delivered ...

Ferguson proposed saving nearly $90 million by closing unused wards at Western State Hospital ... including Washington State Patrol troopers who patrol roads and staff working in prisons and ...