Two Colville women were booked into a rural Washington jail. It became a death sentence
Critics say WA jails are letting opioid users suffer from withdrawals, leading to preventable deaths
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Feds open investigation into Idaho anti-trafficking nonprofit after InvestigateWest exposes potential fraud
Investigative reporting prompts action from oversight agency and attorney general as accusations of fraud and exploitation mount
Idaho ramped up investments in round-the-clock youth psychiatric care. But concerns over safety, accessibility loom
Parents of children who were turned away from Idaho Youth Ranch criticize its ‘unrealistic’ admissions standards
A Washington teen was trafficked by a man she met on Tinder, she says. Two years later, she’s still waiting for justice.
As online recruitment and exploitation of child sex trafficking victims rise, Washington is doing little to stop it
Washington prisons delayed nearly a third of all inmate release dates last year, costing taxpayers millions
Inmates say late releases derail their efforts to find housing
Victims of trafficking in Idaho face coercion at every turn, both on the streets and inside the justice system
Experts say the system criminalizes survivors instead of offering help and safety
Idaho local and state agencies directed federal funding to safe house despite complaints and contractual violations
Funding agencies overlooked red flags that anti-trafficking safe houses allegedly exploited victims
An Idaho safe house claimed it was saving trafficking victims. Women said it was like being “trafficked all over again.”
Lacking accountability, program took federal money and billed Medicaid for services victims say they never received
Following InvestigateWest report, Idaho approves funding for teen’s long-awaited care — but now there’s nowhere for him to go
Idaho lacks options for teens requiring highest level of psychiatric treatment
Broken Records: Citizens face growing obstacles to public records — and legislators are making them worse
We asked for government records from 15 Northwest cities, and Spokane was the slowest to provide them
Mayoral emails, collision reports, body-cam footage and firefighter thank-you’s: Public records tell a wide range of tales
A few of the other stories we stumbled across while testing the Pacific Northwest’s records’ systems
After Supreme Court ruling, some Oregon Democrats join Republicans in calling for changes to state camping laws
The issue could demand attention when lawmakers meet next year.
