Skip to content
Friday, May 23, 2025
46°F
Sign Out Sign In Subscribe Newsletter Contact Us
  • Sign Out
  • Sign In
    • News
    • Legal Notices
    • Print Editions
    • Weather
    • Marketplace
    • Subscribe
      • Subscribe
      • Subscriber Center
    • About The Index
      • About Us
      • Contact
      • iServices Login
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy Policy
    • Quick Links
      • Pick up the paper
      • Place a Legal Notice
    Tacoma Daily Index
    46°F
    • News
    • Legal Notices
    • Print Editions
    • Weather
    • Marketplace
    • Subscribe
    • Contact
    • About The Index
    • All Sections
          • News
          • Legal Notices
          • Weather
          • Contact
          • Subscribe
            • Subscribe
            • Subscriber Center
          • About The Index
            • About The Index
            • Place a Legal Notice
            • Terms of Use
            • Privacy Policy
          • Print Editions
          • Marketplace
    Western State Hospital
    Western State Hospital, Image courtesy DSHS
    DOC report rips cultural failures at Western State:...
    By David Guest • September 15, 2016 12:53 pm

    Open doors, missing keys, lax security at psychiatric facility housing murderers, rapists By David Guest Tacoma Daily Index editor Western…

    Read Story

    (KEVIN FREITAS / KEVINFREITAS.NET)
    Winter Storm 2012: News You Can Use
    January 19, 2012 12:00 am

    A snow storm Wednesday followed by icy conditions on Thursday have impacted the Puget Sound region. The Tacoma Daily Index…

    Read Story

    Last year, Crime Stoppers of Tacoma / Pierce County offered a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of a serial arsonist at the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma. (IMAGE COURTESY CRIME STOPPERS TACOMA / PIERCE COUNTY)
    7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist
    By Todd Matthews • April 23, 2010 12:00 am

    A man who pleaded guilty in January to intentionally setting a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop apartment…

    Read Story

    According to Tacoma Police, the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, and Winthrop residents, between Aug. 16 and Sept. 2, eight fires were intentionally set in different areas of the Winthrop, an 85-year-old, 12-story former historic hotel downtown. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Accused Winthrop arsonist pleads guilty
    By Todd Matthews • February 2, 2010 12:00 am

    A man Tacoma police and Pierce County prosecutors allege intentionally set a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop…

    Read Story

    The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Living On Edge: Inside the Winthrop arson investigation
    By Todd Matthews • October 23, 2009 12:00 am

    For most residents of the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma, just living day-to-day is hard enough. The 12-story, 84-year-old…

    Read Story

    Change in Pierce County mental health services trims 130 jobs
    Change in Pierce County mental health services trims...
    August 21, 2009 12:00 am

    Some mental health services handled by Pierce County will soon be delivered through a private provider under a new system…

    Read Story

    Work party, ceremony May 30 for historic Western State Hospital cemetery
    Work party, ceremony May 30 for historic Western...
    May 27, 2009 12:00 am

    A group that has been working to restore patient names on their graves in an historic cemetery near Western State…

    Read Story

    (PHOTO COURTESY DSHS)
    DSHS names Western State Hospital CEO
    May 11, 2009 12:00 am

    Jess C. Jamieson, Ph.D., a 20-year veteran of Washington state’s mental health services delivery system, has been selected as chief…

    Read Story

    (COURTESY PHOTO)
    50 grave markers planned for historic Western State...
    April 6, 2009 12:00 am

    The Grave Concerns Association, a group of community members and staff volunteers at Western State Hospital who operate as a…

    Read Story

    Court of Appeals: State responsible for Pierce County long-term mental health patients
    Court of Appeals: State responsible for Pierce County...
    June 6, 2008 12:00 am

    The state Court of Appeals Division II has upheld the results of Pierce County’s lawsuit against the State of Washington…

    Read Story

    • 1
    • Last

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter to receive updates.

    Sign Up

    Have a story idea? Contact us here!

    Featured Local Savings

    • News
    • Legal Notices
    • Print Editions
    • Subscribe
    Quicklinks
    • Pick up the paper
    • Place a Legal Notice
    • Media Solutions
    About Us
    • About The Index
    • Contact
    • iServices Login
    • Sound Publishing Inc. Logo
    • A subsidiary of Black Press Media
    • Work With Us
    © 2025 Tacoma Daily Index + Sound Publishing + Black Press Media. All Rights Reserved.
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Accessibility
     Share This
     Facebook
     Copy
     Email

    Share on Mastodon