MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - The Washington County Jail has passed an annual state inspection with flying colors. The Ohio ...

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office employees will no longer have to work in the jail basement, if the county council approves a more than $500,000-per-year lease for a facility in the Cordata ...

Preliminary plans involve the Sheriff’s Office occupying the new building in stages, possibly beginning as early as summer.

Construction of a planned permanent supportive housing project in Whatcom County can soon begin thanks to a recently ...

JAY, Okla.– Two Delaware County Sheriff’s employees were fired for allegedly having sex with an inmate and for trying to cover up the alleged misconduct. The now former Jailer Rebecca Chalakee, ...

A true crime chronicle published in 2014, "Murder in the Fourth Corner" by Todd A. Warger, has become one of Whatcom County's best-selling history texts ...

Right now, almost every single patrol car in Whatcom County is equipped with a portable defibrillator that can save a life in ...

Mental Health Court (MHC) is a therapeutic alternative to the regular legal system for people with serious mental illnesses.

Part two of three in our election-season series on what voters and candidates are talking about: Most candidates say they ...

Veteran council member Barry Buchanan, who was first elected in 2013, is seeking reelection to what would be his final stint on council, because of term limits. He’s opposed by Misty Flowers, a ...

The County Council makes laws, appoints members of advisory committees and controls the purse through its budget authority.

"Charges could be refiled in the future based upon a review of all the evidence after a full investigation," prosecutors ...