Child Protective Services

BELLINGHAM (AP) — A Washington state father whose battle with Child Protective Services received widespread attention has been sentenced to three months in jail for restraining two state workers in an elevator. The Bellingham Herald reports that jurors found 25-year-old Cleve Goheen-Rengo guilty of unlawful imprisonment...

OLYMPIA (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee wants to create a new cabinet-level department called the Department of Children, Youth and Families. Under a plan announced this week as part of his two-year budget proposal, the current Department of Early Learning would be merged with Child Protective Services, juvenile justice programs, foster care services and other child-welfare programs currently administered

GIG HARBOR (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old was abandoned over the weekend at a gas station near Tacoma. The News Tribune reports an employee at a Gig Harbor-area gas station called 911 Sunday after noticing a toddler left alone in a car parked by the gas pumps...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed an acting secretary for the Department of Social and Health Services while a national search begins for a permanent leader. Inslee appointed Patricia Lashway to the post Wednesday. She...