The Seattle Times - Thu Dec 17

The escape of a mentally ill patient in September has prompted the state Department of Social and Health Services to adopt stringent new rules on which patients can go on outings from the state's mental hospitals.

The Spokesman-Review - Thu Dec 17

A state psychiatric hospital review panel has found that Eastern State Hospital policies and procedures were out of date and its staff was not paying sufficient attention to safety issues when a criminally committed patient escaped while on a field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair.

The Olympian - Sun Dec 06

About 1,700 temporary jobs have become available in Eastern Washington, thanks to the U.S. Census Bureau.