Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today the Seattle City Council approved a pilot program proposed by Mayor Harrell to house some misdemeanor offenders at the SCORE ...

Seattle has finally started tossing people in jail for low-level crimes again after four years of letting shoplifters, vandals and other petty criminals walk free. The change, which went into effect ...

A 26-year-old man died Friday evening while in custody at the King County Correctional Facility in downtown Seattle.An ...

SEATTLE — Plans to pay for more jail beds to house misdemeanor offenders are being denounced by Seattle City Councilmember Tammy Morales, who said it will lead to higher costs with fewer resources to ...

SEATTLE — Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison said the King County Jail will not book people for certain misdemeanor crimes, such as animal cruelty and certain property destruction and theft cases. Last ...

For four years, cops in Seattle weren't allowed to book anyone arrested for low-level misdemeanors into jail because of a COVID-er restriction. Seattle has finally started tossing people in jail for ...