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 Commissioner Kevin Overbay is leading an effort to establish an Opioid Abatement Council, which is required under stipulations in the settlement.
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...