Family files lawsuit over suicide death at state hospital

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Wenatchee family has filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington, alleging recklessness and negligence ...

State pays $1.8M to Spokane chaplain who says he was smeared and demoted after being deployed

When he left for the last deployment of his 30-year military career in 2018, Robert Kinnune remembers staff being grateful for his work as the chaplain for Eastern State Hospital. His record was ...
The Columbian

Employee shot and killed at WA’s Eastern State Hospital

Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake. (T85cr1ft19m1n - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113098625) A gunman shot and killed an ...
KHQ

Employee, suspect both dead after shooting at Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake

UPDATE: September 27, 2025 at 4:52 p.m. Washington House Speaker Laurie Jinkins of Tacoma responded to the deadly shooting at Eastern State Hospital with the following statement: “It is horrifying to ...
KTVB

Shooting at Washington hospital leaves two dead

MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. — An armed man may be responsible for three separate incidents in Medical Lake last night, including a deadly shooting at Eastern State Hospital. Just after midnight on September ...
KXLY 4 News

Governor orders flags at half-staff to honor slain Eastern State Hospital security guard

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Governor Bob Ferguson ordered flags to fly at half-mast on Wednesday to honor Eastern State Hospital Security Guard Colleen Bass, killed in the line of duty. Previous coverage - "She ...