Larch Corrections Center News

Gov. Chris Gregoire talks to reporters in Olympia on Wednesday about her plan for balancing the $2.6 billion budget deficit.

Take a hard look at state budget Washington voters overwhelmingly rejected Initiative 1033, Tim Eyman's attempt to impose artificial long-term cuts on the state's budget.

A consulting group hired to find ways to slash costs in the state's prison system released its final report last week.

A consultant's report on options for eliminating state prison beds casts doubt on the future of Larch Corrections Center in east Clark County.

A new draft report recommends either closing the old buildings at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla or downsizing a facility on McNeil Island to a minimum-security prison.

Wallace Nolen, left, and Fred Aylward pass the time in E-Unit, where the Ahtanum View Corrections Center houses its most medically challenged offenders.

A report prepared for the state Office of Financial Management recommended the closure of several state facilities that care for those with developmental disabilities.

A Vancouver man is being investigated for reckless endangerment after he accidentally discharged a gun, sending a bullet into his neighbor's apartment.

An inmate that escaped from a minimum security prison in southwest Washington state nearly three weeks ago has been caught.

A Battle Ground man was fatally injured when he was struck by a car in an early morning accident on state Highway 503 just north Main Street in Battle Ground.

Arthur Thompson A Larch Corrections Center inmate walked away from a work crew Friday as it was working about one mile east of La Center.

The Larch Corrections Center could face a changing mission because of state budget cuts.

A convicted burglar and thief who walked away from a Larch Corrections Center crew is back in custody.