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With more and more people heading into the back country for hiking and other recreation, emergency responders in the region are advising everyone that does so to carry a satellite messaging device or personal locator beacon. "They're very light weight and fit in the palm of your hand," explains Shawn Ballard of Ballard Ambulance...

Law enforcement agencies and first responders are bracing for the inevitable arrival of a powerful new illicit drug in North Central Washington. Tranq (as in tranquilizer) is already wreaking a deadly havoc among drug users in East Coast cities like Philadelphia, where it is now responsible for over 25% of the city's overdose deaths...

Washington Ambulance Association President Mike Battis says the Medicaid reimbursement rate for ambulance trips hasn't been adjusted since 2004.

Call volumes are up...way up at Ballard Ambulance in Wenatchee. Co-owner Shawn Ballard says the increase in demand for emergency service at the company skyrocketed in 2022. "We had almost right at a thousand more calls than we did in 2021...

The second annual Skylee-Rae Light Parade took place outside Central Washington Hospital over Christmas Weekend. The parade is comprised of emergency service and other vehicles which have light bars that signal the public to exercise caution, yield the right of way or pull over...