Susannah Frame | Seattle Metro Magazine

Seattle spent years misleading the public about Skagit River salmon. Now it will pay $1 billion for fish passage

Seattle Susannah Frame - March 5, 2026

For years, Seattle City Light insisted its hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were not harming salmon. SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. — In a stunning reversal, Seattle City Light has agreed to...

State withdrew trauma therapy three months before Western State patient’s body found

Seattle Susannah Frame - January 6, 2026

KING 5 has obtained exclusive information about the man who allegedly died by suicide by jumping from a crane at the state's biggest psychiatric hospital. LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Court records show...

Western State Hospital patient dies after jumping or falling from construction crane on campus

Seattle Susannah Frame - January 6, 2026

The crane is being used to build the state's new forensic psychiatric hospital. LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A patient at Western State Hospital in Lakewood has died after accessing a construction crane...