If a child is in immediate danger

Call 911. To report abuse or neglect in Washington, call the statewide hotline 1-866-END-HARM (1-866-363-4276).

The Docket

The Daily Docket

Child-protection news from the Pacific Northwest and the nation, checked against the public record. What changed. Why it matters. What happens next.

Latest · Commentary If not the death penalty, then what? Sunday, October 11, 2026. A former Alabama church youth director is convicted of abusing three boys. Why the new child-rape death-penalty laws promise what the law cannot deliver — and the case for a lifetime financial debt to survivors. Read the article

Earlier reports

Saturday, October 3, 2026 Three Missing Indigenous Person Alerts, a 68-months-to-life sentence in Airway Heights, a mother charged in an 8-year-old’s death, North Idaho school and exploitation cases, $200,000 for Washington foster placements, and why the viral Nassar registry headline is wrong. 21 reports →