FAYETTEVILLE -- A lawsuit challenging Washington County's use of federal covid-relief funds for work at the Detention Center has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks issued an order ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County's justices of the peace got their first look Thursday at plans to repurpose the former Crisis Stabilization Unit and eventually the old county jail into a facility to ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The often contentious $19 million project to expand the Washington County Detention Center to mitigate the effects of covid and any future pandemics is expected to wrap up in June, ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- County officials on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the county to apply for a $1.5 million grant for improvements at the old county jail and crisis stabilization ...

WITH THE SHERIFF, THE COMMUNITY REBUILDING INITIATIVE AIMS TO HELP INMATES SUCCEED AFTER THEY GET OUT AND TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING AT THE JAIL. >> THIS IS VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE WASHINGTON COUNTY ...

Washington County Sheriff Mark Warden, center, cut the ribbon at the Washington County Jail in honor of the start of the I.G.N.I.T.E. program on Thursday. (Photo by Amber Phipps) MARIETTA — Washington ...

Washington County officials have approved a resolution to apply for a $1.5 million grant to expand the Community Rebuilding Initiative by repurposing the former women’s jail in downtown Fayetteville.