Commissioner Kevin Overbay

Next week, Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay will be hosting a public meeting for the citizens he serves in District 1. "This meeting will give our citizens an opportunity to hear from me and some of our department heads with the county," explains Overbay...

Chelan County is finalizing its piece of an agreement between seven municipalities in North Central Washington to allocate funds from the nation's settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors. The Opioid Abatement Council Interlocal Agreement also includes Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties, as well as the Cities of Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, and Moses Lake...

Chelan County is pursuing federal assistance for three separate projects it hopes to complete in the near future. The County is seeking $4 million for one of the ventures known as the Wenatchee Great Infrastructure Project. "What that project will accomplish is the restoration of eleven headwaters and streams in the Wenatchee watershed," explains Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay.

Various municipalities within North Central Washington are preparing for how to allocate their share of the state's recent $500 million settlement with opioid manufacturers. Stipulations of the settlement call for the creation of an abatement council which will oversee how each of the region's qualifying jurisdictions can spend their share of the restitution...

Chelan County is seeing remarkable success with its recently-launched program that places mental health professionals in the field with law enforcement agents. Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay says the program is designed to accomplish a number of things...

The 2-1 vote means the department known as the Behavioral Health Unit will be supervised by the sheriff's office.